Gender Typing and Social Desirability of Personality in Person Evaluation.

Stoppard, Janet M.; Kalin, Rudolph

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Publication Date: 1983

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Gender Typing and Social Desirability of Personality in Person Evaluation.

Stoppard, Janet M.; Kalin, Rudolph

Psychology of Women Quarterly, v7 n3 p209-18 Spr 1983

Assessed whether evaluations of men and women are influenced by the gender appropriateness of personality characteristics. Students (N=211) rated written descriptions of masculine or feminine individuals with socially desirable or undesirable personality traits. Results showed gender appropriateness had no significant effect on evaluation. Ratings were influenced by gender typing. (JAC)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Personality Traits, Role Theory, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Social Cognition

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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