What Is the Nature and Adaptive Value of Perceptual Constancies

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Essay

What is the nature and adaptive value of perceptual constancies?

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Definitions:

Gender Norms

Roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes deemed appropriate by a given society for men and women, built based on social constructs.

Feminization of Poverty

The feminization of poverty refers to the increasing prevalence of poverty among women, especially in single-parent households led by women.

Gender Identity

An individual's personal sense of their own gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex they were assigned at birth.

Social Selves

The concept of an individual's identity as understood in relation to society, encompassing the different roles and identities one assumes in various social contexts.