Androgyny & Bem's Sex-Role Inventory
- Created by: Megan Lewsley
- Created on: 19-11-19 13:00
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- Androgyny & BSRI
- Androgyny
- When a person can be both masculine & feminine in different situations
- Usually develops after 9 years old as they are more independent & think for themselves
- BSRI
- Bem, constructed inventory to investigate male & female traits.
- All traits were on a continuum
- Bem came up with the androgynous hypothesis - stated androgyny should be a desired condition
- Found men scored more highly on masculine traits & females scored more highly on feminine traits
- Androgyny is more common than extreme masculinity / femininity
- Research shows high levels of androgyny lead to better mental health
- Bem, constructed inventory to investigate male & female traits.
- Cognitive explanations for Androgyny
- Different Cognitive Style
- When deciding how to behave, they act independently of gender concepts as they are not influenced by sex-role stereotypes
- Orlofsky - Androgyny is learnt through reinforcement, so develop masculine & feminine qualities applicable to different situations
- When deciding how to behave, they act independently of gender concepts as they are not influenced by sex-role stereotypes
- Different Cognitive Style
- Evaluation of BSRI
- Can be repeated to get similar results in many locations
- Test-retest reliability
- Androgynous traits might not be the reason for having better mental health
- Masculine traits such as competitiveness in western cultures are more important than typical feminine characteristics
- Possibly male characteristics are for better mental health
- Masculine traits such as competitiveness in western cultures are more important than typical feminine characteristics
- Lacks temporal validity
- Test initially took place in the 1970's. Ideas of what is considered masculine & feminine have changed
- Reductionist
- Reduces masculinity & femininity to basic scores. Gender behaviour is much more complex
- Not all androgynous behaviour is desirable
- Androgynous individuals could display negative stereotyped characteristics such as being to aggressive or too timid
- Can be repeated to get similar results in many locations
- Androgyny
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