Androgyny

Question 1

what is androgyny?

Answer 1

a balance of masculine and feminine traits, attitudes and behaviours in one’s personality

Question 2

who introduced a method to measure androgny?

Answer 2

Bem

Question 3

what is the scale created by Bem to measure androgyny?

Answer 3

BSRI = Bem’s sex role inventory

Question 4

what is one Bem’s scale?

Answer 4

Bem gave 100 American undergraduates a scale which had:
- 20 stereotypically masculine characteristics
- 20 stereotypically feminine characteristics
- 20 neutral traits
Respondents had to rate themselves on a 7-point likert scale
- the scores can be classified into two dimensions : feminine-masculine and androgynous-undifferentiated

Question 5

what were the findings from Bem’s BSRI?

Answer 5

• high masculine, low feminine = feminine
• high feminine, low masculine = feminine
• high feminine, high masculine = androgynous
• low feminine, low masculine = undifferentiated

Question 6

what did Bem say about androgynous people?

Answer 6

androgynous people are more psychologically healthy as they avoid fixed stereotypes and can adapt to different situations

Question 7

what did Spence et al say?

Answer 7

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