This study examined gendered perceptions of relational and physical aggressive behaviors and personal experiences with both types of aggression. Prior research suggested that physical aggression by males and relational aggression by females would be perceived most negatively. College students (186 female, 128 male) rated the acceptability and…

Previous research has suggested that people who have liberal attitudes toward women are affected by models differently from those with more traditional attitudes. This study investigated this modeling effect by asking college seniors to rate the degree to which a variety of people influenced their career choice while in college. (Author)

Male and female experimenters requested adult shoppers (N=178) to fill out a questionnaire. Refusal data showed shoppers helping other-sex more than same-sex experimenters. Other results showed a significant three-way interaction among helper and helpee sex and sex-typing and situation sex-typing and that helper sex-typing did not have significant…

Females were more influenced by female models in their choice of career than were males. No effect of sex-role attitude appeared. The particular importance of female models for female students was discussed. (Author)

Student ratings of college professors play an important role in many employment decisions. One factor strongly associated with student ratings is teacher expressiveness. A study was conducted to explore the effects of teacher expressiveness, teacher sex, and student sex on student ratings of their instructor, student perceptions of their…

College students (N=121) viewed videotaped lectures by a male or female actor using either expressive or nonexpressive communication. The expressive teacher received the highest evaluation score. The nonexpressive male teacher's students had the poorest test performance, the nonexpressive female teacher's students the highest. (Author/BS)

Over 1,000 undergraduates evaluated 16 male and female professors in terms of teaching effectiveness and sex-typed characteristics. Male students gave female professors significantly poorer ratings than male professors on the six teaching evaluation measures. Female students evaluated female professors less favorably than male professors on three…

Examined the effects of sex-typing on self-esteem, achievement orientation, and attitudes toward women in Fiji. Sex-typing effects were strong on all variables, with Androgynous and Masculine students scoring highest on Self-esteem, Mastery, Work Orientation and Competitiveness; and with Undifferentiated students scoring lowest. Confirmed the…

Results of Personal Attributes Questionnaire administered to Fijian secondary and university students showed: (1) no sex differences in sex-typing patterns; (2) same-sex-typing as much less marked than in the United States; (3) minor variations among Fijian ethnic groups; and (4) university students as more similar than secondary students to U.S.…

Explores the relationships between gender, sex typing, and attributional patterns in exam performance in a college classroom. Uses an attributional pretest and posttest and the Bem Sex Role Inventory with a sample of 85 male and 52 female students. Finds that gender and sex typing both affect attributions, but in different ways. (FMW)

Achievement motivation recently has been examined as a four-factor construct. Fiji, part of the British Commonwealth, provides an interesting testing ground for the question of different achievement patterns for different ethnic groups. The achievement motivation levels of high school students from four ethnic groups and university students from…