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_beng
_cMIUC
082 0 _a155.3
100 1 _987
_aBrannon, Linda,
_d1948-
245 1 0 _aGender :
_bpsychological perspectives /
_cLinda Brannon.
250 _a6th ed.
260 _aBoston :
_bAllyn & Bacon,
_cc2011.
300 _axx, 539 p. :
_bill. b&w ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a1. The study of gender -- 2. Researching sex and gender -- 3. Gender stereotypes: masculinity and femininity -- 4. Hormones and chromosomes -- 5. Theories of gender development -- 6. Developing gender identity -- 7. Intelligence and cognitive abilities -- 8. Emotion -- 9. Relationships -- 10. Sexuality -- 11. School -- 12. Careers and work -- 13. Health and fitness -- 14. Stress, coping and psychopathology -- 15. Treatment for mental -- 16 How different?
520 _aExamines the biology and social context in which women and men express gendered behaviors. Defining gender as the behaviors and attitudes that relate to (but are not entirely congruent with) biological sex, the book focuses on research and scholarship to provide the material for a critical review and an overall picture of gender from a psychological perspective. To emphasize the cross-cultural perspective of gender, the book including a section on diversity in most chapters but also weaves diversity issues throughout the text.
650 0 _988
_aGender identity
650 0 _989
_aSex differences (Psychology)
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_cBK