Gender
By: Leanne Franklin, Associate Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Wales Institute Cardiff
Series: Palgrave insights in psychology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230302730
Subjects: Human behavior; PSYCHOLOGY / General; PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality; Sex role; Social psychology; Sex differences; Gender identity; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology
Description: "From the way we dress to the way we are treated by our peers, gender is a crucial part of our identity, which is threaded into every aspect of our lives. In this fascinating introduction, Franklin discusses the effects of gender identity on behavior, then explores the theoretical perspectives on why these differences occur"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction; title: Sex Differences; title: Gender and Early Childhood; title: Gender and Middle Childhood; title: Gender and Adolescence; title: Psychoanalytic Approaches; title: Cognitive Development Theory; title: Gender Schema Theory; title: Social Learning Theory; title: History and Gender; title: Culture and Gender; title: Glossary.