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Abstract
Two studies investigated the motivation of sex-typed and androgynous 10 to 12-year-old boys and girls to appear knowlegeable about sex-typed, cross-sex-typed, and neutral information. Subjects in both studies were classified on the basis of the BSRI ( S. L. Bem, 1974, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 42, 155–162), into sex typed and androgynous. Subjects in Study 1 were given feminine, masculine, or neutral questions, whereas subjects in Study 2 were given all three types of questions. All subjects were given the opportunity to falsely report success (i.e., to cheat). The results of both studies revealed that sex-typed boys were less motivated to exhibit knowledge in feminine than in masculine questions, while androgynous children of both sexes did not exhibit such differential motivation. The findings were less clear cut for girls since sex-typed girls cheated more in feminine than in masculine questions only in the second study. The results are discussed with reference to Bem's gender schema theory.
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