AQA A Level Psychology – Gender Exam Questions & Answers (GRADED A+)

what is your sex? - ANSWER -whether you are biologically male or female what is your gender? - ANSWER -the way you act and identify yourself what is 'androgynous'? - ANSWER -having a balanced combination of masculine and feminine characteristics what are sex-roles? - ANSWER -the particular behaviours expected of men and women what are sex-role stereotypes? - ANSWER -ideas about sex-roles that are widely held but tend to be narrow, inflexible, and over generalised what was bem's self-report questionnaire known as? - ANSWER -the bem sex role inventory how was the bem sex role inventory developed? - ANSWER -he asked 50 male and 50 female students to rate personality traits as being either masculine and feminine. the most highly rated masculine, feminine and neutral words were used to form a questionnaire what is the bem sex role inventory used for? - ANSWER -to measure the mix of stereotypically masculine and feminine traits present in an individual how does the BSRI work? - ANSWER -people rate themselves for the traits on a scale of 1 to 7. those who score highly for both masculine and feminine traits are said to be psychologically androgynous why does bem suggest that androgyny is advantageous? - ANSWER -because people have the traits needed to cope with a range of situations give a study that suggests environmental factors cause psychological androgyny - ANSWER -weisner and wilson-mitchell compared children raised in families that put emphasis on traditional gender roles with children raised in families that downplayed them. androgyny was higher in the children encouraged to ignore gender roles what are the advantages of the bsri? - ANSWER -- it has a high test-retest reliability as the RPs give same answers each time what are the disadvantages of the bsri? - ANSWER -- it is a reductionist theory, as it reduces femininity and masculinity to a single score - it is also based on outdated views - its validity depends on how accurately RPs rate themselves when does gender identity disorder occur? - ANSWER -when someone feels their biological sex doesn't match their psychological gender and it causes them distress as well as wanting to change their sex what is the biological explanation of gender identity disorder? - ANSWER -the brain functioning of the individuals is more typical of the other sex. this may happen if an individual has unusual hormone levels during brain development