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The gender relevance of projected animal content
Author(s) -
Lash Steven J.,
Polyson James A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198701)43:1<145::aid-jclp2270430125>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - psychology , subject (documents) , relevance (law) , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , content (measure theory) , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , mathematical analysis , mathematics , library science , computer science , political science , law
Subjects ( N = 100) created mental images of 93 animals and reported either a male or a female association for each animal. Independent variables were sex of subject and subject's visualizing ability as measured by the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (Marks, 1973a). Of the 93 animals, 67 were gender associated, with 54 perceived as male and 13 as female. With a few exceptions, the gender associations did not differ according to subject's sex or visualizing ability, Compared to classic interpretations of animal content as symbolic representations of male and female figures (Phillips & Smith, 1953), the present data are consistent with regard to male‐associated animals, but inconsistent with female‐associated animals.