gender ; androgyny (textbook print out)

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define androgyny
gender role characterised by balance of both masculine and feminine traits
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PSYCHOLOGICAL ANDROGYNY
PSYCHOLOGICAL ANDROGYNY
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how are the two gender role identities seen in today's society?
mutually exclusive
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but what have psychologists suggested happens to some people?
they aren't affected by the stereotypes
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instead what do they develop?
high levels of bth gender traits
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categorising them as?
androgynous
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MEASURING ANDROGYNY
MEASURING ANDROGYNY
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what did gender-role identity tests used to assume?
that masculinity and femininity were opposite ends of the same gender spectrum
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so how could gender-role idenitity be assessed?
either high in masculinity or high in femininity
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then what was invented in the '70s?
the bem sex role inventory (bsri)
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by?
sandra bem
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arguing that the previous tests were?
outdated
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how many statements are there in the whole bsri?
60
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split into?
20 stereotypically masculine / 20 stereotypically feminine / 20 neutral
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what kind of data does the bsri collect?
self-report
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what four categories could pps be placed into?
masculine / feminine / androgynous / undifferentiated
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RESEARCH - BURCHARDT + SERBIN ('82)
WHAT WAS ON THE FRONT
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what kind of correlation did they find between androgyny and depression scores?
negative
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suggesting what about flexible gender roles?
that they may protect against mental health problems
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RESEARCH - FLAHERTY AND DUSEK ('80)
YEAH, NO I'M NOT WRITING THAT AGAIN
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found self-esteem to be higher in those categorised as?
androgynous (i know... shocker) (that was sarcasm just incase u didn't get it)
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suggesting flexible gender roles to be?
positive
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RESEARCH - BEM ('74)
RESEARCH - BEM ('74)
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what percentage of men and women were presented androgynous after a large scale bsri?
34% of males and 27% of females
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in what year?
'74
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suggesting androgyny to be?
a common trait
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and therefore exists in a separate category to?
masculinity and femininity
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RESEARCH - PETERS AND CANTRELL ('93)
MAYBE I SHOULD STOP WRITING ON THE BACK
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paired the bsri with measures assessing what?
quality of relationships
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and found females with the best relationships scored highly in?
androgyny
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suggesting androgyny to be a positive or negative characteristic?
positive
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and can improve what in a social context?
interacting with others
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RESEARCH - HOLT AND ELLIS ('98)
nope
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tested the validity of what in the BSRI?
adjectives used to assess masculinity and femininity
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found how many adjectives on the original questionairre were still valid?
all but 2 (so that would be 38)
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suggesting the BSRI to be high in which type of validity?
temporal
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EVALUATION - WEAKNESS
dhaisfhssidhgdfuighs
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evidence suggests masculine elements of androgyny may relate to?
positive effects on mental health
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but this may just reflect western views that?
masculinity is more favourable than femininity
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making this point?
ethnocentric
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EVALUATION - STRENGTH
SIDFDSIFHOS
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the bsri has been shown to be good in which type of reliability?
test-retest
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suggesting what about categorisations?
they're consistent over time
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