| Edition |
Revised North American edition. |
| Description |
ix, 355 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
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. |
| Note |
"First published 1982 by Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 300-330. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Subject |
Sex differences (Psychology)
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Sex differences.
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Sex role.
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Gender Identity.
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Identification, Psychological
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Sex Characteristics.
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| Indexed Term |
Man Sex differences Social aspects - Anthropological perspectives |
| Added Author |
Lloyd, Barbara B. (Barbara Bloom), 1933-
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| ISBN |
0521264979 |
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0521319218 paperback |
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