Androgyny Flashcards

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What is androgyny?

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co-existence of male and female characteristics within the same individual

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What did Olds in 1983 believe compared to Bem in 1983?

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androgyny is a higher developmental stage reached by some, while Bem argued that androgynous individuals have a different cognitive style and adopt behaviours

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What hypotheses in 1975 did Bem develop?

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androgyny was a positive and desirable condition

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What did Bem create?

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a self report measure of masculinity/femininity and gender role

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What did Bem’s self report consist of?

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20 items masculine, 20 items feminine, 20 items neutral all rated on a 7 point scale

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What categories of a person does the test suggest there are?(Bem)

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  1. masculine - high m low f
  2. feminine - high f low m
  3. androgynous - high m high f
  4. undifferentiated - low m low f
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What did Bem find?

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34% males and 27% females androgynous

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What did Flaherty and Dusek 1980 find?

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androgynous individuals have a higher degree of self-esteem, a better sense of emotional well being and more adaptable behaviour

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What did Peters and Cantrell find when using the BSRI?

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androgynous females had the best quality of relationships, supporting the idea of being in a positive condition

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What did Rose and Montemayor 1994 find?

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25%-30% of US high school students defined themselves as androgynous with more girls than boys suggesting this

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What does the BSRI have a good of?

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test-retest reliability as it produces consistent results when used on different occasions

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Why are there doubts about the BSRI reliability?

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it was created from data generated by American students in the 1970’s about what they perceived desirable characteristics of men and woman - lack external validity

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Why might androgyny not always be positive?

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as they can exhibit negative masculine characteristics like being too agressive

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Why is the BSRI over simplistic?

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it reduces masculinity and femininity down to a single score

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