MULTICULTURAL PSYCH FINAL TERMS
QUIZ WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
[GRADED A+]
sex - ✔✔the biological and physiological differences between men and
women, the most obvious being the anatomical differences in their
reproductive systems
sex roles - ✔✔the behaviors and patterns of activities men and women
may engage in that are directly related to their biological differences and
the process of reproduction
sexual identity - ✔✔the degree of awareness and recognition by an
individual of his or her sex and sex roles
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
,gender - ✔✔the behaviors or patterns of activities a society or culture
deems appropriate for men and women - these behavioral patterns may or
may not be related to sex and sex roles, although they often are
gender role - ✔✔the degree to which a person adopts the gender-specific
behaviors ascribed by his or her culture
gender identity - ✔✔the degree to which a person has awareness of or
recognition that he or she has adopted a particular gender role
gender stereotype - ✔✔the psychological or behavioral characteristics
typically associated with men and women
biosocial model - ✔✔a model that suggests that biological differences
between the sexes interact with the environment to produce culture-specific
sex roles that are adaptions to the environment
gender role ideology - ✔✔Judgments about what gender roles in a
particular culture ought to be.
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
,androgyny - ✔✔a gender identity that involves endorsement of both male
and female characteristics
machismo - ✔✔A concept related to Mexican American gender role
differentiation that is characterized by many traditional expectations of the
male gender role, such as being unemotional, strong, authoritative, and
aggressive.
priming - ✔✔a method used to determine if one stimulus affects another
holistic perception - ✔✔context dependent perceptual processes that
focus on the relationships between objects and their contexts
analytic perception - ✔✔context-independent perceptual processes that
focuses on a salient object independently from the context in which it is
embedded
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
, blind spot - ✔✔a spot in our visual field where the optic nerve goes
through the layer of receptor cells on its way back toward the brain,
creating a lack of sensory recpetors in the eye at that location
microsaccades - ✔✔Micro eye movements that help our brains fill in
scenes so it looks as if we see everything.
optical illusions - ✔✔perceptions that involve an apparent discrepancy
between how an object looks and what it actually is
carpentered world theory - ✔✔A theory of perception that suggests that
people (at least most Americans) are used to seeing things that are
rectangular in shape, and thus unconsciously expect things to have square
corners.
front-horizontal foreshortening theory - ✔✔A theory of perception that
suggests that we interpret vertical lines as horizontal lines extending into
the distance. Because we interpret the vertical line in the horizontal-vertical
illusion as extending away from us, we see it as longer.
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
QUIZ WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
[GRADED A+]
sex - ✔✔the biological and physiological differences between men and
women, the most obvious being the anatomical differences in their
reproductive systems
sex roles - ✔✔the behaviors and patterns of activities men and women
may engage in that are directly related to their biological differences and
the process of reproduction
sexual identity - ✔✔the degree of awareness and recognition by an
individual of his or her sex and sex roles
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
,gender - ✔✔the behaviors or patterns of activities a society or culture
deems appropriate for men and women - these behavioral patterns may or
may not be related to sex and sex roles, although they often are
gender role - ✔✔the degree to which a person adopts the gender-specific
behaviors ascribed by his or her culture
gender identity - ✔✔the degree to which a person has awareness of or
recognition that he or she has adopted a particular gender role
gender stereotype - ✔✔the psychological or behavioral characteristics
typically associated with men and women
biosocial model - ✔✔a model that suggests that biological differences
between the sexes interact with the environment to produce culture-specific
sex roles that are adaptions to the environment
gender role ideology - ✔✔Judgments about what gender roles in a
particular culture ought to be.
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
,androgyny - ✔✔a gender identity that involves endorsement of both male
and female characteristics
machismo - ✔✔A concept related to Mexican American gender role
differentiation that is characterized by many traditional expectations of the
male gender role, such as being unemotional, strong, authoritative, and
aggressive.
priming - ✔✔a method used to determine if one stimulus affects another
holistic perception - ✔✔context dependent perceptual processes that
focus on the relationships between objects and their contexts
analytic perception - ✔✔context-independent perceptual processes that
focuses on a salient object independently from the context in which it is
embedded
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
, blind spot - ✔✔a spot in our visual field where the optic nerve goes
through the layer of receptor cells on its way back toward the brain,
creating a lack of sensory recpetors in the eye at that location
microsaccades - ✔✔Micro eye movements that help our brains fill in
scenes so it looks as if we see everything.
optical illusions - ✔✔perceptions that involve an apparent discrepancy
between how an object looks and what it actually is
carpentered world theory - ✔✔A theory of perception that suggests that
people (at least most Americans) are used to seeing things that are
rectangular in shape, and thus unconsciously expect things to have square
corners.
front-horizontal foreshortening theory - ✔✔A theory of perception that
suggests that we interpret vertical lines as horizontal lines extending into
the distance. Because we interpret the vertical line in the horizontal-vertical
illusion as extending away from us, we see it as longer.
©morren2025/2026.Year published 2026.
