PSYC 2110- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 78 pages long!)
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Sex: originally meant the category of male or female. Gender: the collection of psychological traits that differ between males and females. Sexuality: the feelings, behaviors, and identities associated with sex. Identity: the sense of self, self-labeling, or group affiliation. Gender identity: a person"s subjective sense of being male or female. Gender role: a person"s social role as male or female. Transgender: a person who identifies with the other sex. Transexual: a person who identifies with the other sex, and who usually seeks to tansition to the other sex by means of hormone treatment and sex reassignment surgery. Sexual orientation: the direction of a person"s sexual feelings; sexual attraction towards persons of the opposite sex (heterosexual), the same sex (homosexual), or both sexes (bisexual). Homosexuals: sexually attracted to persons of one"s own sex. Swingers: engage in sex outside of lasting relationships. Asexuals: people who do not experience sexual attraction at all. Anatomists: researchers who studies the structure of the body.
