The Bem Sex Role inventory
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Provide information about the Bem Sex Role Inventory, created by Dr. Sandra Bem? How does Dr. Bem explain sexual identity and development? Is it a result of nature or nurture? Please provide examples.
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The Bem Sex Role Inventory is an inventory where subjects indicate on a 7 point scale how each of the 60 masculine, feminine and neutral items listed on the inevntory describe them. It is designed to provide an assessment of degrees of masculinity, femininity, and androgyny according to Sandra Bem's gender schema theory which states that people have a generalized tendency to understand and process behaviors based on sex-linked associations that make up the make up the gender schema. The BSRI consists of 60 personality characteristics and is self-administered. Subjects are asked to rate themselves on a scale from 1 to 7 how much of a given personality ...
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