The Psychology of Gender, Second Edition

by Eagly, Alice H.; Beall, Anne E.; Sternberg, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9781572309838
• ISBN10: 1572309830
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-28
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Now in an extensively revised and expanded second edition, this text presents important advances in the psychological study of gender differences and similarities across the lifespan. New contributors, additional topics, and many completely new chapters provide a broad overview of current knowledge and bring the field thoroughly up to date. Diverse theoretical approaches and research traditions are represented, including biological, social-cognitive, psychoanalytic, and self psychological perspectives. Covered are such topics as the organization and activational effects of sex hormones; evolutionary influences on sex-role behaviors; processes of gender development and socialization; gender inequality and stereotypes; crosscultural issues; and more.

Author Biography

Alice H. Eagly, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and faculty fellow in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. Dr. Eagly is particularly known for her research on the psychology of gender and the psychology of attitudes. She has received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and the Donald Campbell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Social Psychology from the Society for Social and Personality Psychology.

Anne E. Beall, PhD, is President of Beall Research and Training, a firm that applies principles and findings from psychology to the business world. Dr. Beall conducts training seminars on gender, nonverbal communication, persuasion, sales, and detecting deception. She also conducts marketing research on a variety of strategic business issues. She has held positions at The Boston Consulting Group and National Analysts, and has written book chapters and articles about emotional expression, consumer psychology, and marketing.

Robert J. Sternberg, PhD, is IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University. He has published over 950 books, articles, and book chapters, and was the 2003 President of the American Psychological Association.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction	1	(8)
Anne E. Beall, Alice H. Eagly, and Robert J. Sternberg
2. Androgen, Estrogen, and Gender: Contributions of the Early Hormone Environment to Gender-Related Behavior	9	(29)
Melissa Hines
3. The Psychobiology of Gender: Cognitive Effects of Reproductive Hormones In the Adult Nervous System	38	(27)
Elizabeth Hampson and Scott D. Moffat
4. Sex Roles as Adaptations: An Evolutionary Perspective on Gender Differences and Similarities	65	(27)
Douglas T. Kenrick, Melanie R. Trost, and Jill M. Sundie
5. Social Cognitive Theory of Gender Development and Functioning	92	(28)
Kay Bussey and Albert Bandura
6. Gender Socialization: A Parent x Child Model	120	(25)
Eva M. Pomerantz, Florrie Fei Yin Ng, and Qian Wang
7. Psychoanalytic Theories of Gender	145	(24)
Leslie C. Bell
8. Gender Differences in Relational and Collective Interdependence: Implications for Self-Views, Social Behavior, and Subjective Well-Being	169	(23)
Wendi L. Gardner and Shira Gabriel
9. On the Construction of Gender, Sex, and Sexualities	192	(25)
Jeanne Marecek, Mary Crawford, and Danielle Popp
10. Gender as Status: An Expectation States Theory Approach	217	(25)
Cecilia L. Ridgeway and Chris Bourg
11. The Bases of Gendered Power	242	(27)
Felicia Pratto and Angela Walker
12. Social Role Theory of Sex Differences and Similarities: Implications for the Partner Preferences of Women and Men	269	(27)
Alice H. Eagly, Wendy Wood, and Mary C. Johannesen-Schmidt
13. Cultural Diversity and Cross-Cultural Perspectives	296	(32)
Deborah L. Best and Jennifer J. Thomas
14. Sex Changes: A Current Perspective on the Psychology of Gender	328	(17)
Marianne LaFrance, Elizabeth Levy Paluck, and Victoria Brescoll
Author Index	345	(10)
Subject Index	355