Sex-role stereotypes and androgyny

Question 1

Sex-role stereotype

Answer 1

Set of shared expectations within a social group about what men and women should do and think

Question 2

Androgyny

Answer 2

Combination of male and female characteristics

Question 3

Gender

Answer 3

A person’s sense of maleness or femaleness, a social construct

Question 4

Sex

Answer 4

Being genetically male (XY) or female (XX)

Question 5

BSRI (Bem Sex Role Inventory)

Answer 5

Asked 100 American undergraduates which personality traits out of 40 were desirable for men or women. Each person rates themselves on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from never to almost always true. Numerical scores for all masculine/feminine items added up. Given score for femininity, masculinity, androgyny

Question 6

Gender schema theory

Answer 6

Bem suggested that the difference between an androgynous person and a traditionally sex-typed person is one of cognitive style. When faced with a decision on how to behave, an androgynous person responds independently of any gender concepts, whereas a traditionally sex-typed person determines what would be appropriate for their gender using gendered schemas.