The psychology of gender

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 e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Eagly, Alice Hendrickson, editor (editor), Beall, Anne E., editor, Sternberg, Robert J., editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Guilford Press [2004]
Edición:Second edition
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798124106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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