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| the acquisition of a traditional masculing or feminine role. |
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| the subfield of psychology that studies the molecular structure and function of genes. |
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| the study of the relative power and limits of genetic and environmental influences on behavior. |
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| one's sense of being male or female. |
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| the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genesl it may vary depending on the range of populations and environments studied. |
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| the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those that lead to increased reproductions and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations. |
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| the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection. |
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| the complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organism's chromosome. |
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| every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nurtrition to the people and things around us. |
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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 biochemical units of herdity that make up the chromosomes; a segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein. |
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| the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and by being rewarded or punished. |
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| the most important of the male sex hormones; both males and females have it, but the additional amount in males stimulates growth of the male sex organs in the fetus and the development of the male sex characteristics during puberty. |
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| an understood rule for accepted and expected behavior; presribed "proper" behavior. |
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| the biologically and socially influenced characteristics by which people define male and female. |
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| the enduring behaviors, ideas, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next. |
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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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| any physical or verbal behavior inteded to hurt or destroy. |
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| a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosome. |
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| a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity. |
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| threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes. |
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| giving priority to one's own goals, and defining one's identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications. |
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| the theory that children learn from their culture a concept of what it means to be a male or female and they adjust their behaviors accordingly. |
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| the effect of one factor (such as environment) depends on another factor (such as heredity). |
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| the sex chromosome found in both males and females; females have two, and males have one; two of these from both parents produces a female. |
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| the buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies. |
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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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| twins who develop from separate fertilized eggs; they are genetically no closer than brothers and sisters, but they share a fetal environment. |
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| twins who develop from a single fetilized egg that splits in two, creating two genetically identical organisms. |
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| a random error in gene replication that leads to a change. |
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| a set of expected behaviors for males and for females. |
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