ABSTRACT
Kagan (1964) defined sex-role stereotyping as the holding of "publicly shared beliefs regarding the appropriate characteristics for males and females" (p. 144). Throughout history, two theories have emerged regarding human personality. The first theory is that the male is the prototype for humanity and the female is understood in relation to him. The second theory is that males represent the cognitive world, which is positively valued in this culture, and females represent he affective domain, which has less positive value overall (Harris & Lucas, 1976). This historically laden sexist attitude is reason for concern in the male instructor-female student sexrole combination in field instruction.
