Sex and Gender

Kitap : Sex and Gender

Yazar : * John Archer * Barbara Lloyd

Dil : İngilizce

Bölüm : Kadın

Yayın Yeri : New York

ISBN : 0 521 26497 9

Yayın Tarihi : 1982

Yayıncı : Cambridge University Press

Tür : Kitap

Kitap No : 1693

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Contents
Preface
Commonsense views and psychological research
Commonsense influences on psychological research Research strategies Sex or gender?
Men and women: three views from the social sciences
The demographic approach: Mr. and Ms. Average
The psychometric approach: what psychologists
measure
The social psychological study of stereotypes:
commonsense beliefs
Physical sex differences: evolution, development, and cultural significance
Evolution: Where did sex begin? Evolution of sex differences in animals Evolution of human sex differences The development of physical sex differences The social meaning of physical sex differences
Sexuality: psychobiology, psychoanalysis, and sociology
The physiological measurement of sexual behavior Psychoanalytic explanations of sexuality Social uses of sexuality


Aggression, violence, and power
Are men really more aggressive than women? Explaining gender differences in aggression Power
Fear, anxiety, and mental health
Are women more fearful and anxious than men?
Are women moodier than men?
Are there gender differences in mental health?
The family
Marriage and the family Mothering and attachment Fathers and mothers
Work, intelligence, and achievement
Do men get better jobs and earn more money than
women?
Gender differences in intellectual abilities
Gender stereotypes and work
Opportunity and training
Aspirations and achievement motivation
Growing up male or female
The nature-nurture issue
Socialization accounts
The cognitive developmental approach: an
interactionist theory
Nature, nurture, and models of development
Gender and developmental pathways
Social change and the future
Gender and social change
The gender view: intergroup relations and social
change
References Author index General index

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