Gender 1

Question 1

What does sex mean

Answer 1

An individuals status as male or female which is assigned at birth due to chromosomes

Question 2

What does gender mean

Answer 2

An individuals psychosocial status including social role, attitudes, and behaviars associated with male or female

Question 3

What’s gender dsysphoria

Answer 3

When an individuals sex and gender mismatch

Question 4

What are sex-role stereotypes

Answer 4

Expectations set by society about how males and females should behave within society

Question 5

What can influence sex role stereotypes

Answer 5

Media, culture, family, peers, other institutions

Question 6

What is androgyny

Answer 6

Displaying a balance of both masculine and feminine characteristics
These individuals are more adaptable to different situations

Question 7

What is the BSRI

Answer 7

The Bem sex role inventory
It is used to test and individuals femininity and masculinity as well as androgyny

Question 8

McGinley (1974) Batista boys

Answer 8

Four females raised by same family in Dominican Republic
Once they hit puberty they biologically became ,ales but easily adapted due to the hormone changes
Suggests gender is flexible and biological

Question 9

Strength of the BSRI

Answer 9

Use of questionnaires enables easy replication and comparison
Consistent results were found which suggests that there was high test-retest reliability

Question 10

Limitation of the BSRI

Answer 10

Lack temporal validity
Cultural variations and changes involving gender are different from 1970s and so aren’t represented in a questionnaire from that time