PSYCH 243 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Exchange Theory, Physical Attractiveness, Collectivism
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People can be individualistic or collectivistic groups. Begin with encounter, follow social rules, then termination. Personal perception involves a primacy effect, halo effect, and last impression recency effect. Attraction includes: physical attractiveness, proximity, availability, similarity, and complementarity. Positive growth producing relationships involve mindfulness of who we are in relationships with others that results from self-you overlap and positive affect. Gender: degree of maleness or femaleness that includes social influences. Xx for female produces ovaries, uterus, and vagina; xy for male produces prostate and testicles. Same external genitals develop into clitoris and vulva for females and penis and scrotum for males. Sexual dimorphism: produces male and female characteristics. Adrenal gland produces complementary hormones in both sexes. Gender differences exist in day/night vision, color vision, hearing, skin sensitivity, and smelling. Males can process fast movements faster and are better at 3d size perception. Gender identity: degree in identifying with members of the same gender.
