Date of Award
1989
Publication Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Psychology
Supervisor
R. Daly
Supervisor
Mary Lou Dietz
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
A review of the literature indicated that females may have a tendency towards greater rating extremity than do males when rating people. The literature on gender-role identity suggested that this may reflect a greater interest on the part of females in the task of rating people. This hypothesis was tested by classifying the subject population into gender-role catagories using the Bern Sex Role Inventory. The type of elements to be rated were manipulated in order to test for an interaction between gender-identity and rating extremity. The data support the hypothesis that rating extremity reflects meaningfulness of the task to the sub j ect however, no interaction between gender-role and element type was found. There appears to be a strong rating extremity response bias which generalizes to other rating tasks and influences the placement of subjects into gender-role categories on the Bern Sex Role Inventory.
Recommended Citation
Balz, Gary Steven, "The Influence of Gender-Role on Interpersonal Judgement" (1989). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 8664.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/8664