Social Roles Chapter 5 Flashcards

Expected behaviors and attitudes that come with one's position in society.

Changes in roles due to changes in the individual or in his or her life circumstances.

Patterns of change over adulthood in health and physical functioning.

<p>Patterns of change over adulthood in social roles; time schedule of the normal sequence of adult life experiences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Actual behaviors and attitudes of men and women in a given culture during a given historical era.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sets of shared beliefs or generalizations about how men and women in a society ought to behave.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Personal characteristics that have an active impact, such as being competitive, adventurous, and physically strong.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Personal characteristics that nurture and bring people together, such as being expressive and affectionate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Children are taught to view the world and themselves through gender-polarized lenses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An explanation of gender roles based on children viewing the gender divisions around them and then modeling their behavior on those divisions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Factors present in the immediate environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Factors that were present in the distant past.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A field of psychology that explains human behavior in terms of genetic patterns useful for survival and reproduction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The viewpoint that gender-role bias is based on both biological differences and current social and cultural influences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A period during which young people take on the social roles of early adulthood.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A period of transition from adolescence to young adulthood (approximately 18-25 years of age).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Living together in an intimate partnership without marriage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Roles based on equality between genders.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A statistical effect where healthier people are more apt to marry and stay married.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Explanation that married people have more financial and social resources, leading to better mental and physical health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Explanation that married people have not been through the crises involved in divorce or widowhood, resulting in better health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The genetically programmed tendency for new parents to become more traditional in their gender roles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Explanation that men and women evolved different behaviors and interests because women have more invested in each child than men.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An explanation of gender roles stating that men and women form intimate partnerships to exchange goods and services.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A hypothesized change in gender roles at midlife, but is not truly a crossover.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A change in gender roles at midlife causing men and women to broaden their roles to include more attributes of the opposite gender.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The role assumed by grandparents when the parents are not able to raise their children.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Symptoms of decline in mental and physical health common among caregivers.</p> Signup and view all the answers