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| the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next |
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| an understood rule for accepted and expected behavior. |
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| the buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies |
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| giving priority to one's own goals over group goals and defining one's identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications |
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| giving priority to the goals of one's group (often one's extended family or work group) and defining one's identity accordingly |
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| physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone |
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| the sex chromosome found in both men and women. |
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| the sex chromosome found only in males. When paired with an X chromosome from the mother, it produces a male child |
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| the most important of the male sex hormones. Both males and females have it, but the additional testosterone in males stimulates the growth of the male sex organs in the fetus and the development of the male sex characteristics during puberty |
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| a set of expectations (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave |
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| a set of expected behaviors for males and for females |
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| one's sense of being male or female |
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| the acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role |
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| the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished |
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| the theory that children learn from their cultures a concept of what it means to be male and female and that they adjust their behavior accordingly |
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