Androgeny Flashcards
1
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What is androgeny
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- Personality type with balance of male/female traits and behaviours
- Those who have equal have better mental health as are better equip for a range of contexts
2
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What is used to test androgeny
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Androgynous is high masculine high feminine
3
Q
It is valid and reliable
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- Developed by 50 males/ females to rate 200 intems as male/female
- The piloted BSRI with 1000 students, it corresponded to their own description of their gender identity
- Students retested a month later had similar scores (test-retest) giving high reliability
4
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Why might androgeny not be associated with well being
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- Masculine traits more valued in western cultures
2. Does not take into account cultural relativism
5
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How does it have low temporal validity
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- 40 years old
- Male/female typical behaviour has changed a lot since then
- Scale devised from western US students so traits deemed as masculine or feminine may not be shared by society’s
6
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Oversimplifies gender
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- Gender too complex a concept to be quantified in single score
- Questionnaire open to interpretation and also requires insight into ones gender they may not have
