| Abstract: | Assessed the effects of gender, sex-role orientation, and demonstrated female task superiority on influenceability in 54 mixed-gender dyads. The dependent variable was the number of items changed on a social judgment questionnaire subsequent to the influence attempt. The female superiority manipulation rather than gender- or sex-role orientation emerged as the strongest factor in determining influenceability. As predicted, the gender-relatedness of the measuring instrument also played an important role, with females conforming more on masculine items and males conforming more on feminine items. Results are interpreted as consistent with expectation states theory. (French abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
