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How Do Gender Concepts Vary Cross-Culturally? Describe at Least Two

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How do gender concepts vary cross-culturally? Describe at least two examples of cases in which a culture recognizes a third gender beyond the male/female dichotomy recognized in the United States. What is the accepted role of these individuals in their societies?


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Iconic Memory

A type of visual sensory memory that temporarily stores an image that has been perceived visually.

Echoic Memory

A component of sensory memory that retains audio information, allowing sounds to be remembered for short periods after the original sound is produced.

Sensory Memory

The shortest-term element of memory, acting as a buffer for stimuli received through the senses, and is capable of holding a vast amount of information, but only for a very short period.

Implicit Memory

The type of memory that allows people to perform tasks without conscious awareness of the learning processes that led to them.

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