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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451205703321

Titolo

The psychology of gender / / edited by Alice H. Eagly, Anne E. Beall, Robert J. Sternberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Guilford Press, , [2004]

©2004

ISBN

1-281-12354-4

9786611123543

1-4237-7073-0

1-59385-561-3

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Disciplina

155.3/3

Soggetti

Sex differences (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; 1 Introduction; 2 Androgen, Estrogen, and Gender: Contributions of the Early Hormone Environment to Gender-Related Behavior; 3 The Psychobiology of Gender: Cognitive Effects of Reproductive Hormones in the Adult Nervous System; 4 Sex Roles as Adaptations: An Evolutionary Perspective on Gender Differences and Similiraties; 5 Social Cognitive Theory of Gender Development and Functioning; 6 Gender Socialization: A Parent X Child Model; 7. Psychoanalytic Theories of Gender

8 Gender Differences in Relational and Collective Interdependence: Implications for Self-Views, Social Behavior, and Subjective Well-Being9 On the Construction of Gender, Sex, and Sexualities; 10 Gender As Status: An Expectation States Theory Approach; 11. The Bases of Gendered Power; 12 Social Role Theory of Sex Differences and Similarities: Implications for the Partner Preferences of Women and Men; 13. Cultural Diversity and Cross-Cultural Perspectives; 14 Sex Changes: A Current Perspective on the Psychology of Gender; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

To what extent does gender influence our behavior, thoughts, and



feelings? How do ""nature"" and ""nurture"" interact to shape our identities as female or male? And what are the effects of gender on the ways we are perceived and treated by others? The second edition of this important text and reference confronts the central questions pertaining to gender differences and similarities across the lifespan. Rather than focusing on a particular viewpoint, the volume is carefully designed to foster comparison among different lines of psychological research and provide a broad survey of cutting-