Sandra Bem was a psychologist particularly known for these areas: Gender studies Gender schema theory Bem Sex Role Inventory Clinical psychology Early Life and Education Sandra Bem (originally called Sandra Ruth Lipsitz) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 22, 1944. She was raised by working-class parents in an often tumultuous household. This introduction to The Past, Present, and Future of Masculinity, Femininity and Gender: Honoring Feminist Scholar Sandra L. Bem (1944-2014), Part 1 briefly highlights Sandra Bem's career and provides an overview of each paper included in the first of two special issues. Sandra Bem was a visible and vocal force in second wave feminist activism in Pittsburgh in the late 1960s, as witnessed by the second author who lived and worked in the area. Bem spoke out frequently and published her ideas about resisting gender roles in both public and private spheres (Golden 2014 ). Sandra Bem offers four different categories into which an individual may fall into with her gender schema theory. Sex-typed individuals. Cross-sex-typed individuals. Androgynous individuals. Undifferentiated individuals. People who are sex-typed individuals will process and then integrate information that is consistent with their physical gender. Hoffman, R.M. & Borders, L.D. (2001). Twenty five years after the Bem Sex Role Inventory: A reassessment and new issues regarding classification variability. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 34, 39-55 Download paper here. Rating document, note though, that the scale items for androgynous are actually Neutral items. Sandra Ruth Lipsitz Bem (Pittsburgh, 22 juin 1944 - Ithaca, 20 mai 2014) est une psychologue américaine connue pour ses travaux sur l'androgynie et sur le genre. Ses travaux pionniers sur les rôles et les stéréotypes de genre ont mené à plus d'égalité entre les hommes et les femmes dans le monde du travail aux États-Unis [non neutre] [ 1 ] . Sandra Ruth Lipsitz Bem (June 22, 1944 - May 20, 2014) was an American psychologist known for her works in androgyny and gender studies. Her pioneering work on gender roles, gender polarization [1] [2] and gender stereotypes led directly to more equal employment opportunities for women in the United States. [3] Contents Sandra Bem (1944-2014) fue una psicóloga conocida por su teoría del esquema de género , que explica cómo se desarrolla el género a través de la socialización, la recompensa y el castigo. También diseñó el Bem Sex Role Inventory para medir la afiliación con rasgos de masculinidad, feminidad y androginia (una combinación de ambos). Sandra Bem y el concepto de androginia psicologíca. Fue en 1910, en la II Conferencia Internacional de Mujeres Socialistas que se celebró en 1910 Copenhague, cuando se proclamó el 8 de marzo como el Día Internacional de la Mujer, además de reivindicar sufragio universal para todas las mujeres, a propuesta de Clara Zetkin. No cabe la menor duda de que las cosas han cambiado, y sin embargo Learn about our Editorial Process. Updated on August 22, 2019. Gender schema theory is a cognitive theory of gender development that says that gender is a product of the norms of one's culture. The theory was originated by psychologist Sandra Bem in 1981. It suggests that people process information, in part, based on gender-typed knowledge. Sandy Bem, a Cornell psychology professor one month shy of her 65th birthday, was alone in her bedroom one night in May 2009, watching an HBO documentary called "The Alzheimer's Project." For two The Bem Sex Role Inventory. The