psychlotron org Greetings earthlings We have noticed that

psychlotron. org. Greetings, earthlings. We have noticed that there are two sorts of human, women and men. How are they different?

Today’s session You will learn how to. . . You will learn about. . . psychological terms l. Gender development l. Compare ‘lay’ psychological l. Sex, gender and sex-role theories with psychological stereotypes research l. Androgyny psychlotron. org. l. Define

What do you think these terms mean? psychlotron. org. • Sex • Gender • Sex-role stereotype

Gender terminology • Sex – biological characteristics of a person (genes/chromosomes; reproductive anatomy) – Male & female – Masculine & feminine • Sex-role stereotypes – widely held beliefs about expected or appropriate ways of acting for men and women psychlotron. org. • Gender – psychological or behavioural characteristics of a person relating to their sex (ways of thinking, feeling, acting)

psychlotron. org. • From the list we made earlier select one example of a sex difference, one example of a gender difference, and one example of a sexrole stereotype.

psychlotron. org. Annie Lennox. Source unknown. Androgyny Andros = male Gyne = female

Androgyny (Bem, 1974) Low psychlotron. org. High femininity High masculinity • Masculinity and femininity are independent traits • They are not inevitably linked to sex • A person can score high or low on either or both

• Why did Bem (1975) find that androgynous people were more psychologically healthy? • How far does it matter that the BSRI was based on the views of US Americans in the 1970 s? • The BSRI is a quantitative, self-report measure. Does this raise any validity concerns? psychlotron. org. Androgyny