SOCIOLOGY 5 — Reading Guide I. READING
Author(s) Willer_etal_AJS_Masculinity_Threat_forthcoming_2013
Title OVERDOING GENDER: A TEST OF THE MASCULINE OVERCOMPENSATION THESIS*
II. SUMMARY
Research question(s) asked
(can include background information
& motivation) Will “Men react to masculinity threats with extreme demonstrations of masculinity”?
Existing Literature/ Hypotheses
(including the explanatory [IV] and outcome [DV] variables, if applicable, or key concepts of interest) “Identity theorist argue that people strive to maintain identities that are deeply held in the face of disconfirming feedback” “(Burk and Tully 1977; McCall and Simmons 1978; Stets and Burke 2000a and Cialdini et al) Burke 2004; Burke 1991; Heise 2007; …show more content…
DV: Male and female reaction/response to feedback/ Male overcompensation.
Data set & Methodology
(type of data: social artifacts, self reports, observations, social accounting)
(source & description of data)
(type of research – experiments; survey [type of sampling?]; in-depth interviews; participant observation; historical/ comparative) Type of data/ research: Study one was an Experimental test to find if men/woman who found their masculinity/femininity threatened would adopt more masculine/feminine attitudes.
Sample size: One hundred and eleven people (60 women and 51 men) at a large, Eastern private university.
Male/female Participants in experiment one were given self-report gender identity surveys, and random-determined feedback in sealed envelopes from their survey as to wither their responses on a scale 0-50 were more feminine or masculine. Next step was to see how comparative feedback effects participants' responses on subsequent surveys (specifically male/female participants' responses to the male oriented question of the Iraq war, views of homosexuality, and interest in purchasing and SUV.
Analysis & Argument
(identify how the argument is made, e.g., through inductive coding, through statistical
Author(s) Willer_etal_AJS_Masculinity_Threat_forthcoming_2013
Title OVERDOING GENDER: A TEST OF THE MASCULINE OVERCOMPENSATION THESIS*
II. SUMMARY
Research question(s) asked
(can include background information
& motivation) Will “Men react to masculinity threats with extreme demonstrations of masculinity”?
Existing Literature/ Hypotheses
(including the explanatory [IV] and outcome [DV] variables, if applicable, or key concepts of interest) “Identity theorist argue that people strive to maintain identities that are deeply held in the face of disconfirming feedback” “(Burk and Tully 1977; McCall and Simmons 1978; Stets and Burke 2000a and Cialdini et al) Burke 2004; Burke 1991; Heise 2007; …show more content…
DV: Male and female reaction/response to feedback/ Male overcompensation.
Data set & Methodology
(type of data: social artifacts, self reports, observations, social accounting)
(source & description of data)
(type of research – experiments; survey [type of sampling?]; in-depth interviews; participant observation; historical/ comparative) Type of data/ research: Study one was an Experimental test to find if men/woman who found their masculinity/femininity threatened would adopt more masculine/feminine attitudes.
Sample size: One hundred and eleven people (60 women and 51 men) at a large, Eastern private university.
Male/female Participants in experiment one were given self-report gender identity surveys, and random-determined feedback in sealed envelopes from their survey as to wither their responses on a scale 0-50 were more feminine or masculine. Next step was to see how comparative feedback effects participants' responses on subsequent surveys (specifically male/female participants' responses to the male oriented question of the Iraq war, views of homosexuality, and interest in purchasing and SUV.
Analysis & Argument
(identify how the argument is made, e.g., through inductive coding, through statistical