| Description |
xviii, 469 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Women in context |
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Women in context.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
Section 1. Identity and the immediate environment -- The development of female identity / Phyllis A. Katz -- Growing up black and female / Gloria Johnson Powell -- Growing up with a physical handicap / Shirley Sargent -- The father-daughter relationship : past, present, and future / Michael E. Lamb, Margaret Tresch Owen, and Lindsay Chase-Lansdale -- Mothers and daughters / Phyllis R. Magrab -- Section 2. Characteristics -- Sex-related differences in spatial ability : a developmental psychological view / Lauren Julius Harris -- The role of laughter and humor in growing up female / Paul E. McGhee -- The changing nature of female delinquency / Sheila Balkan and Ronald J. Berger -- The play of girls / Brian Sutton-Smith -- Effects of observed violence on females : a critical review / Susan H. Franzblau -- Section 3. The larger environment -- Where are the women geniuses? Up the down escalator / Marilyn F. Graham and Beverly Birns -- Some cross-cultural perspectives on becoming female / Thomas S. Wisner -- "On the road to find out" : the role music plays in adolescent development / Julie Marks -- Portrait of a female on television : some possible effects on children / Norma D. Feshbach, Arline S. Dillman, and Tricia S. Jordan -- Dressing up / Shane Adler -- Section 4. Biological considerations -- The genetics of sex and its consequences / Kenneth K. Kidd -- Physical growth of adolescent girls : patterns and sequence / Margaret S. Faust -- Nutrition and women : facts and faddism / Charlotte Neumann. |
| Subject |
Women -- Psychology.
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Developmental psychology.
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Child development.
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Women -- Socialization -- United States.
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Women -- psychology -- Essays.
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Child Development -- Essays.
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| Added Author |
Kopp, Claire B.
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Kirkpatrick, Martha.
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| ISBN |
0306402297 |
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