masculinity–femininity test

any test designed to measure the degree of masculinity or femininity in participants. The earliest was the Terman–Miles Attitude–Interest Analysis Test (1938); others, usually in inventory form, are the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, the Guilford–Zimmerman Temperament Survey, and the Gough Femininity Scale. The Bem Sex Role Inventory is one of the few masculinity–femininity tests to include androgyny.

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February 28th 2025

hypnotic regression

a therapeutic technique in which an individual under hypnosis is induced to relive a previous experience that may be contributing to current emotional difficulties. There are two types of hypnotic regression: age regression and past-life regression.