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Male and female perceptions of their own and the other sex
Author(s) -
Burns Robert B.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1977.tb00220.x
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , semantic differential , masculinity , test (biology) , social psychology , developmental psychology , psychoanalysis , paleontology , neuroscience , biology
Adult Open University students revealed their perceptions of their own and the opposite sex using the semantic differential technique. Analysis of the data by t test manifested the conventional stereotypes of masculinity and feminity despite presumed changes due to current social pressures. There was considerable agreement on the characteristics of male and female respectively. Most discrepancy occurred between a sex's perception of itself and its belief as to how the other perceived it. These latter inferred perceptions produced extreme stereotypes.