Sex-role sterotypes and androgyny Flashcards
Define androgyny
A combination of male and female characteristics
Define gender
A person’s sense of maleness or femaleness, a psychological/social construct
Define sex
Being genetically male (XY) or female (XX)
Define sex-role stereotypes
A set of shared expectations within a social group about what men and women should do and think
How many characteristics were on the BSRI?
60 (20-m, 20-f, 20-n)
On the BSRI, if someone had high masculine, low feminine they were…
masculine
On the BSRI, if someone had low masculine, high feminine they were…
feminine
On the BSRI, if someone had high masculine, high feminine they were…
androgynous
On the BSRI, if someone had low masculine, low feminine they were…
undifferentiated
Gender schema theory (GST) suggests that the 1)_________ between an androygnous and a traditional sex-role stereotyped person is one of 2)________ style.
1) difference
2) cognitive
EVAL: Support for parental influence -
Smith and Lloyd (1978) showed that mothers treat boy and girl babies differently, in line with…
sex role stereotypes
EVAL: Support for parental influence -
Smith and Lloyd (1978) found that if a mother thought she was playing with a boy, she would 1)_________ more motor activity and offer 2)______ appropriate toys
1) encourage
2) gender
EVAL: Support for parental influence -
Smith and Lloyd (1978) found that mothers responded to the 1)________ sex of the infant, in line with 2)_______ expectations
1) perceived
2) gender
EVAL: Support for the relationship between androgyny and psychological health -
Research has found a positive 1)__________ between androgyny and psychological health, as 2)____ predicted
1) correlation
2) Bem
EVAL: Support for the relationship between androgyny and psychological health -
Prakash et al (2010) tested 100 1)________ females in 2)_____ on masculinity and feminitiy and a range of outcome measures related to 3)____________ health.
1) married
2) India
3) psychological
EVAL: Support for the relationship between androgyny and psychological health -
Prakash et al (2010) found that females with high masucline scores had 1)______ levels of depression
1) lower
EVAL: Support for the relationship between androgyny and psychological health -
The research of 1)_______ et al (2010) supports the view that androgyny has a 2)_______________ effect, because those with masculinity 3)___ femininity were better off in terms of their health
1) Prakash
2) psychoprotective
3) and
EVAL: Reliability of the BSRI -
The BSRI has high test-retest 1)________, over a four-week period. And correlations range from 2)___________ (Bem, 1981)
1) reliability
2) 0.76 - 0.94
EVAL: Validity of the BSRI -
The link between androgyny and better psychological health could be explained in terms of an intervening variable…
self-esteem
EVAL: Validity of the BSRI -
Those who score higher in both masculine and feminine traits in the BSRI tend to have 1)_______ levels of 2)_____ ________. This suggests that androgyny doesn’t explain 3) ______________ healthiness at all
1) higher
2) self esteem
3) psychological
EVAL: Validity of the BSRI -
The 1)________ validity of the BSRI can also be questioned as the adjectives used in the BSRI were selected back in the 1)_____ and people’s attitudes have changed since then, so it is questionable whether it is still 2)_____________
1) temporal
2) 1970s
3) appropriate
EVAL: Validity of the BSRI -
Hoffman and 1)_________ (2001) asked a group of almost 400 undergraduates to rate items on the BSRI as masculine or feminine and only two terms were endoresed as masculine and feminine - the adjectives 2)_______________________. All other terms failed to reach a 3)__)% agreement level. Showing the BSRI is no longer relevant. Lacks 4) _______ _________
1) Borders
2) masculine and feminine
3) 75
4) temporal validity
