Gender development
By: Judith E. Owen Blakemore, Sherri A. Berenbaum, Lynn S. Liben.
Contributors: Berenbaum, Sherri A.; Liben, Lynn S.
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 519
ISBN-13: 9780805841701
Subjects: Gender identity; Sex differences (Psychology); Parent and child; Identity (Psychology) and mass media; Mass media and sex; Family in mass media
Description: This text offers a unique developmental focus on gender. Gender development is examined from infancy through adolescence, integrating biological, socialization, and cognitive perspectives.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: History of the study of gender development; title: Biological foundations of sex and gender; title: Motor development and cognition; title: Personality and social behaviors; title: Biological approaches to gender development; title: Social approaches to gender development; title: Cognitive approaches to gender development; title: The cognitive self as an agent of gender development; title: The family as an agent of gender development; title: The peer group as an agent of gender development; title: The media as an agent of gender development; title: The school as an agent of gender development.