Toward a Feminist Developmental Psychology

by Miller,Patricia H.

• ISBN13: 9780415921787
• ISBN10: 0415921783
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-02-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This collection of original essays integrates the exciting recent scholarship on feminist theories and methods into developmental psychology. It also acquaints women's studies scholars with issues in developmental psychology that raise interesting questions for feminist theories. Its focus goes beyond that of traditional scholarship that tends to focus only on sex differences and sex roles; instead it considers alternative views of what is worth studying, how one should study it, etc. The chapters provide new, feminist perspectives on topics of great current interest to developmental psychologists.

Author Biography

Lorraine Code is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at York University in Toronto Nicki R. Crick is Associate Professor of Child Development in the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota Rachel Joffe Falmagne is Professor of Psychology and former Director of the Women's Studies program at Clark University Robyn Fivush is Professor of Psychology at Emory University Susan A. Gelman is Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan Sarah Henseler is a Ph.D. candidate in the Developmental Psychology program at the City University of New York Graduate School and University Center Campbell Leaper is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz Patricia H. Miller is Professor of Psychology and an affiliate faculty member in Women's Studies at the University of Florida Katherine Nelson is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York Daniela Plesa is a Ph.D. candidate in the Developmental Psychology program at the City University of New York Graduate School and University Center Amanda J. Rose is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Missouri, Columbia Sue V. Rosser is Dean of Ivan Allen College at Georgia Institute of Technology and Professor of History, Technology, and Science Ellin Kofsky Scholnick is Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Professor of Psychology, and an affiliate faculty member in Women's Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park Marianne G. Taylor is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Puget Sound Melissa K. Welch-Ross is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Georgia State University

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Feminist Perspectives and Developmental Psychology: What Are the Issues?
Introduction: Beyond Gender as a Variable	p. 3
Feminist Theories: Implications for Developmental Psychology	p. 11
Engendering Development: Metaphors of Change	p. 29
Cognitive Development: Embedded, Connected, and Situated
The Development of Interconnected Thinking	p. 45
Entering a Community of Minds: "Theory of Mind" from a Feminist Standpoint	p. 61
Accuracy, Authority, and Voice: Feminist Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory	p. 85
A Feminist Perspective on the Development of Self-Knowledge	p. 107
Revisioning Social and Cognitive Development
The Social Construction and Socialization of Gender during Development	p. 127
Toward a Gender-Balanced Approach to the Study of Social-Emotional Development: A Look at Relational Aggression	p. 153
Gender Essentialism in Cognitive Development	p. 169
Positionality and Thought: On the Gendered Foundations of Thought, Culture, and Development	p. 191
Naming, Naturalizing, Normalizing: "The Child" as Fact and Artifact	p. 215
The Other Half of the Partnership: Developmental Psychology Can Inform Feminism
Engendering Development--Developing Feminism: Defining the Partnership	p. 241
Bibliography	p. 255
Contributors	p. 297
Index	p. 301
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