Sex Differences and Similarities in Communication; Critical Essays and Empirical investigations of Sex and Gender in interaction

by Canary, Daniel J.; Dindia, Kathryn

• ISBN13: 9780805823349
• ISBN10: 0805823344
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: LEA, Inc.
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Table of Contents

Preface
Prologue: Recurring Issues in Sex Differences and Similarities in Communication	p. 1
What's the Difference? A Dialogue About Differences and Similarities Between Women and Men	p. 19
Toward an Expanded Orientation to the Study of Sex Differences in Friendship	p. 41
Gender Differences in Interaction: A Reexamination	p. 65
Researching Sex Differences Within Sex Similarities: The Evolutionary Consequences of Reproductive Differences	p. 83
Social Support and the Emotional Lives of Men and Women: An Assessment of the Different Cultures Perspective	p. 101
The Gender-Linked Language Effect: Do Language Differences Really Make a Difference?	p. 127
How Big Are Nonverbal Sex Differences? The Case of Smiling and Sensitivity to Nonverbal Cues	p. 155
Gender as a Culturally Determined Construct: Communication Styles in Japan and the United States	p. 179
Gender Differences in Intimacy and Related Behaviors: Context and Process	p. 203
An Evolutionary View on Understanding Sex Effects in Communicating Attraction	p. 233
Gender Differences in Being Influential and/or Influenced: A Challenge to Prior Explanations	p. 257
Theoretical Approaches to Understanding Sex Differences and Similarities in Conflict Behavior	p. 287
A Comparison of Topics and Objectives in a Cross Section of Young Men's and Women's Everyday Conversations	p. 303
Expressing Emotion: Sex Differences in Social Skills and Communicative Responses to Anger, Sadness, and Jealousy	p. 321
Sex Differences in Presenting and Detecting Deceptive Messages	p. 351
Conversational Maintenance Behaviors of Husbands and Wives: An Observational Analysis	p. 373
Perceptions of Men and Women Departing From Conversational Sex Role Stereotypes During Initial Interaction	p. 393
First Date Initiation and Enactment: An Expectancy Violation Approach	p. 413
Methodological Considerations When Examining a Gendered World	p. 427
Author Index	p. 445
Subject Index	p. 461
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