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Summary Studies in gender
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Majority of studies in the gender topic, what they relate to, what they did/found and some evaluative points
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GENDER STUDY RESCOURCESwho what evaluation
Bem BSRI, 50 males 50 females to Valid and reliable
rate 200 traits in terms of how Link between
desirable they were for men androgyny and
and women, highest scoring psychological
traits for each category health has been
became the 20 masculine and challenged
20 feminine traits on the scale
and10 positive and 10 gender-
neutral items to make sure
participants are not overly
influenced by seeing just
masculine/feminine items.
High masculine & high
feminine = Androgynous
Burchar investigated the relationship supports the idea
dt + between androgyny and that being
Serbin mental health. Males and androgynous is
female completed BSRI and positively
Minnesota Multiphasic correlated with
Personality Inventory. Results good mental health
showed androgynous females
scored significantly lower for
depression and social
introversion than feminine
females, were also lower on
the schizophrenia and mania
scales than masculine
females. Androgynous males
scored lower on social
introversion than feminine
males.
Van studied transgender people testosterone and
Goozen who were undergoing oestrogen do have
et al hormone treatment and being some influence on
injected with hormones of the gender related
opposite sex. Transgender behaviours
women (male-to-female) who
were receiving oestrogen
injections showed decreases in
aggression and visuo-spatial
skills while transgender men
, (female-to-male) who were
being injected with
testosterone showed the
opposite.
Davis 8 months an accident meant chromosomal
Reimer his penis was cut off. Parents influence is more
took the advice of Dr Money, powerful than
psychologist who was socialisation in
developing a theory of ‘gender gender
neutrality’. Money believed development
that nurture was more
important than nature in
gender development; Money
advised the Reimers to raise
Bruce as a girl, named Brenda.
Suffered from severe
psychological and emotional
problems. She never felt
feminine and struggled with
gender identity. When told the
truth, Brenda immediately
started living as a male and
called himself David
Herlihy 87 people with Klinefelter's Practical
et al syndrome and found that applications, the
(2011) those who had been more people with
diagnosed and treated from a accurate and early
very young age had significant diagnosis have
health benefits compared to more positive
those who had been outcomes
diagnosed in adulthood
Slaby Children were presented with Gives supporting
and Frey split screen images of evidence for
males/females performing Kohlberg- that
same tasks. Younger kids children who’ve
spent same amount of time acquired constancy
watching both sexes and kids actively seek
in gender constancy stage, gender-appropriate
spent longer looking at same models.
sex model
Ruble et 2 groups of children of the Evidence to support
al same age, one group had imitation of same
reached gender constancy, sex role models-
and the other hadn’t. Watched once gender
a cartoon, there was a break in constancy has been
which the children saw an reached, children
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