Lesson 4.3.3.2

4.3.3.2 Gender identities, gender incongruence and the Bem Sex Role Inventory Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 3

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes an individual's personal, internal sense of their own gender?

    • Gender stereotype
    • Biological sex
    • Gender role
    • Gender identity

  2. Which term describes a gender identity that is neither exclusively male nor exclusively female?

    • Gender constancy
    • Gender stability
    • Androgynous only
    • Non-binary

  3. What term describes a gender identity that varies or shifts over time?

    • Cisgender
    • Gender binary
    • Gender fluid
    • Androgynous

  4. Which questionnaire measures masculinity, femininity, and androgyny?

    • Bem Sex Role Inventory
    • Strange Situation Protocol
    • Kohlberg Gender Scale
    • Thematic Apperception Test

  5. What trait combination on the BSRI defines androgyny?

    • Low masculine low feminine
    • High masculine high feminine
    • Low masculine high feminine
    • High masculine low feminine

  6. What term describes a mismatch between a person's biological sex and experienced gender?

    • Gender role
    • Gender incongruence
    • Androgyny
    • Gender schema

  7. Which two main types of explanation are typically offered for gender incongruence?

    • Biological and social
    • Evolutionary and economic
    • Cognitive and psychodynamic
    • Behavioural and humanistic

  8. How does the Bem Sex Role Inventory conceptualise masculinity and femininity?

    • Identical traits
    • Biological constants
    • Opposite extremes
    • Independent dimensions

  9. A person scores high on the masculinity scale and low on the femininity scale of the BSRI. How would they be classified?

    • Masculine
    • Androgynous
    • Undifferentiated
    • Feminine

  10. Why might the Bem Sex Role Inventory suffer from low temporal validity?

    • Outdated gender stereotypes
    • Small sample sizes
    • Unreliable test results
    • Subjective scoring systems

  11. Which identity directly challenges the view that gender exists as a strict binary?

    • Monogamous
    • Non-binary
    • Cisgender
    • Heterosexual

  12. Which methodological limitation applies to the Bem Sex Role Inventory?

    • Observer effect
    • Self-report bias
    • Inter-rater bias
    • High attrition rates

  13. What term describes the cultural expectations and behaviours associated with a specific gender?

    • Gender identity
    • Biological sex
    • Gender role
    • Gender incongruence

  14. How many gender categories are recognised in a traditional gender binary model?

    • Two
    • Three
    • Unlimited
    • Four

  15. What term describes a mismatch between biological sex and experienced gender identity?

    • Gender constancy
    • Gender incongruence
    • Gender fluidity
    • Androgyny

  16. What term describes a gender identity that shifts or varies over time?

    • Androgynous
    • Transgender
    • Gender fluid
    • Non-binary

  17. How does Sandra Bem's BSRI measure masculinity and femininity?

    • As biological facts
    • As opposite poles
    • As independent dimensions
    • As identical traits

  18. On the Bem Sex Role Inventory, what classification is given for high scores on both scales?

    • Feminine
    • Undifferentiated
    • Masculine
    • Androgynous

  19. What is a major methodological strength of the Bem Sex Role Inventory?

    • High ecological validity
    • No cultural bias
    • High test-retest reliability
    • High temporal validity

  20. What major limitation affects self-report measures like the Bem Sex Role Inventory?

    • Low sample size
    • Social desirability bias
    • Observer bias
    • Inflexible scoring

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