Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Lloyd, Barbara B. (Barbara Bloom), 1933-

Description

1. ix, 355 pages; 22 cm

Subject

1. Sex differences (Psychology)
2. Sex differences
3. Sex role
4. Gender identity
5. Identification (Psychology)
6. Gender Identity
7. Identification, Psychological
8. Sex Characteristics
9. Gender Role
10. sex role
11. Gender identity
12. Sex differences
13. Sex role
14. Sekseverschillen
15. Psychosociale aspecten
16. Antropologische aspecten
17. Gender roles

Contents

1. 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 woman 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.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. "First published 1982 by Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England"--T.p. verso.
2. Includes indexes.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. 300-330.