Gendered situations gendered selves : a gender lens on social psychology Defining social psychology and gender. What is social psychology Social psychological theories. What is gender Cross cutting social positions. A gender lens Conceptions of gender in social psychology. Essentialist approaches socialization approaches social construction approaches structural approaches Social exchange and related theories. Behaviorism social learning theory social exchange theory Social cognition. The organization of thought. Thinking : processing information. Constructing gender : behavior and cognition. Social cognition on gender Symbolic interactionism. The tools of symbolic interactionism. Who are we Self and identity Gendered selves and identities. Presenting selves in interaction. Interactional repairs. Self presentation and social structure. Resistance and negotiation Altruism and aggression : gendered dynamics of helping and harming others. Definitions. Social psychological explanations of altruism and aggression. Structural patterns of helping and aggression. Coda : helping and harming . Lessons from opposition Reprising a gender lens on social psychology. A case in point. Traces of social psychological theories. Approaches to gender. Final messages for the reader