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GENDER - ADROGYNY + THE BSRI - Coggle Diagram
GENDER - ADROGYNY + THE BSRI
How we measure androgyny
Using BSRI
Questionnaire
20 masculine characteristics
20 feminine characteristics
20 neutral traits
7 point Likert scale
1 = 'never true of me'
7 = 'always true of me'
High masculine, low feminine = masculine
High feminine, low masculine = feminine
High feminine, High masculine = androgynous
Low masculine, low feminine = undifferentiated
Androgyny
Displaying a balance of masculine and feminine characteristic's in one's personality
E.g. an individual's attitudes/behaviours/traits
A man/woman who is competetive and aggressive at work but a caring and sensitive parent
Over-representation of opposite-sex characteristics is not androgyny e.g. a female who is very masculine
Bem Sex Role Inventory
Suggested high androgny = psychological well-being (better equipped to deal with a range of situations)
Bem
Psychological androgyny means taking on whichever quality best fitted the situation - whether it was masculine or feminine
It is more adaptive than stereotyped gender identities - meaning it's far better for survival if you can display M + F characteristics
David Beckham
They may score highly on the androgynous scale
Highly competitive + aggressive
Caring + sensitive father
Sedney
Families with one or more androgynous parent have been found to be the
highest on scores of parental warmth + support
These androgynous parents are found to be highly encouraging regarding achievement + developing a sense of self worth in sons + daughter's
Lacks Temporal validity
It was Developed over 40 years ago, so behaviours regarded as 'typical' have changed since then
Therefore, it is outdated and is no longer relevant in our time period
Hoffman
- only 2 terms on the BSRI were still endorsed as masculine + feminine - these were the adjectives 'masculine'/'feminine'
This shows BSRI is no longer relevent
Questionnaires are subjective
People interpretation of the words or even the interpretation of the 7 point scale may be different
Their answer may not represent what the researcher was asking for
Therefore, lacks internal validity
Scale appears to be valid + reliable
originally piloted on 1000 students
results strongly correlated with their own description of their gender identity
High test-retest reliability when tested a month later - same scores later on