Accuracy of consensual stereotypes in moral foundations: A gender analysis.

ABSTRACT: The current study explored the accuracy of consensual moral stereotypes that women and men hold about each other, as well as whether the gender differences in morality found in previous literature replicate on a sample of Pakistani individuals. A sample of 300 was used with an equal number of men and women. Data from 50 of the respondents was collected online, whereas the rest was collected in person from universities. The 30-item Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ30) was used as a measure of five Moral Foundations, which are the basic elements of moral psychology as posited by Moral Foundations Theory. Men and women answered the questionnaire for themselves and then a second time, according to their perception of how a typical member of the other gender would respond which gave a measur

SUBMITTER: Niazi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7058411 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature