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| • assessing self concepts about gender (BSRI) |
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| brim sex role inventory- o Why its so revolutionary bc has two subscales: masculinity and feminity. 2 seperate continua |
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| bsri: low on both masculinity and fem: |
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undifferentiated
• pat on SNL is undifferentiated |
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| BSRI: high on M, low on F: |
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| BSRI High on F, low on M: |
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| o Need to know the questionnaire for the exam BSRI |
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| Prescriptive and Proscriptive Stereotypes: |
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| what stereotypes are and how you behave based on that. |
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| historically stereotypes are looked upon as |
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| as favorable, but now theres socially undesirable characteristics that are gendered. |
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socially desirable:
undesirable |
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o social desirable: friendly, decisive, analytical, loyal, independent.
o social undesirable: gullible |
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• 4 categories of prescriptive stereotypes
o 4 categories for men, 4 for women |
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• intensified stereotype- required
• relaxed- not nec. Required/ but is recommended
• prescriptive- socially desirable
• Proscriptive- socially undesirable |
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| o Intensified prescriptions- |
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traits high in general social desirability and even higher in desirability for one gender.
• Ex: you must have these traits because you’re a ---- (man/women) |
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traits high in general social desirability but lower in desirability for one gender (allowed to fall short)
• ex: we’d like you to have these traits, but its okay if you don’t because after all you are a --- (man/women) |
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| o Intensified proscriptions- |
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(req not to have) traits low in general social desirablility and even lower in desirability for one gender.
• ex: you cannot have these traits bc you are a –(man/woman) |
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traits low in general social desirability but higher in desirability for one gender (allowable transgressions)
• ex: we dont like you to have these traits but its okay if you do bc you are, after all, a ---(woman/man) |
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o prescriptions for women
• Intensified |
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• Warm and kind
Interest in children
Loyal
Sensitive
Friendly
Clean…and more… |
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| o prescriptions for women relaxed |
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Intelligent
• Mature
• High self‐esteem
• Common sense
• Sense of humor
• Concern for future
• …and more |
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o Proscriptions for women
• Intensified |
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• Rebellious
• Stubborn
• Controlling
• Cynical
• Promiscuous
• Arrogant
• …and more |
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| o Proscriptions for women relaxed |
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• Yielding
• Emotional
• Impressionable
• Child‐like
• Shy
• Naïve |
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o Prescription for MEN
• Intensified |
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• Business sense
• Athletic
• Leadership ability
• Self-reliant
• Dependable
• Ambitious
• …and more |
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| o Prescription for MEN relaxed |
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happy
friendly
helpful
clean
warm and kind
enthusiastic
and more |
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o Proscriptions for MEN
• intensified |
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emotional
approval seeking
impressionable
yielding
superstitious
child-like
and more |
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| o Proscriptions for MEN relaxed |
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rebellious
solemn
controlling
stubborn
promiscuous
and more |
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| three types of reactions to violations to proscription/prescriptions |
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• violations go unnoticed
• punishment for violations (social isolation/cut off, unfavorable reactions, modify behavior/conform to stereotypes)
• reward for violations |
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| o Violations that involve gender intensified(*key) (required) prescriptions or proscriptions are |
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punished
• Ex: woman isnt cheerful she will be punished
• Ex: a women is stubborn she will be punished
• EX: man isn’t ambitious punished
• Ex: man is emotional then hes punished |
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| o Violations that involve gender-relaxed prescriptions or proscriptions are |
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rewarded
• Ex: woman has common sense (relaxed prescription) she wil be rewarded
• EX: woman is impresionable she will be rewarded
• EX: man is friendly he is rewarded
• Ex: man is rebellious |
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only rewarded IF there are no violations of intensifeied prescriptions or proscriptions are not violated and are maintained. • We will reward a woman who is intelligent as long as she is warm and friendly and interested in children
• Reward man who’s friendly kind and warm as long as he is ambitious, rational, decisive |
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