Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology
Volume 1: Gender Research in General and Experimental Psychology
Editors: Chrisler, Joan C., McCreary, Donald R. (Eds.)
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- Incorporates a broad overview of key topics
- Includes a special section on research methods
- Provides up-to-date coverage of brain and behavior studies
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A major milestone in psychology has been the shift from concepts of sex, a strictly biological construct, to gender, with its range of biopsychosocial dimensions. Accordingly, recent years have seen gender research achieve marked improvements in methods, terminology, and breadth of content. The Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology brings these achievements into bold perspective by presenting both the current state of the field and an ambitious agenda for the future.
Volume 1, Gender Research in General and Experimental Psychology, gathers a wide variety of established and emerging voices across the range of specialties to offer the latest ideas, theories, and findings in gender as applied to both women and men (and where appropriate, boys and girls), including sexual minorities. In this volume, contributors critique strengths and limitations of current research, discuss methodological issues from recruiting participants to communicating results, and address cultural and other diversity considerations that have often been absent from the field. Their findings offer a fresh perspective, whether readers are involved in testing hypotheses, developing models, conducting experiments, or interpreting data. All chapters include recommendations for future avenues for research.
Areas covered in Volume 1:
- The history of the psychology of women, men/masculinity, and sexual minorities
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- The brain and behavior: physiology and beyond
- Learning, education, and cognition, including academic, spatial, and creative abilities
- Written, oral, and nonverbal communication
- Emotion, motivation, and sexuality
- Gender roles and identity across the lifespan
Psychologists, neuroscientists, gender researchers, and professors and graduate students in related fields will welcome Volume 1 of the Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology as refreshingly informative and eminently practical. - About the authors
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Joan C. Chrisler is Class of 1943 Professor of Psychology at Connecticut College. She has published extensively on gender roles, attitudes toward menstruation and menopause, women's health and embodiment, and other topics. She has edited seven previous books, most recently Lectures on the Psychology of Women (4th ed., 2008, McGraw-Hill) and Women over 50: Psychological Perspectives (2007, Springer). She has served as Editor of Sex Roles and on the Editorial Boards of Psychology of Women Quarterly, Sex Roles, and Teaching of Psychology. Dr. Chrisler is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association (Divisions 1, 2, 9, 35, 38, 46, 52).
Donald R. McCreary is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Brock University and York University. He has published extensively on gender roles, the psychology of men, and other topics. He has co-edited one previous book, Applied Social Psychology (1997, Prentice Hall). He has served as Associate Editor of Psychology of Men and Masculinity and of the International Journal of Men's Health, and is a member of the Editorial Boards of Sex Roles, Journal of Men's Studies, and Body Image. Dr. McCreary is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 51).
- Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-16
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Emergence and Development of the Psychology of Women
Pages 19-41
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Emergence and Development of the Psychology of Men and Masculinity
Pages 43-58
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Emergence and Development of the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues
Pages 59-78
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Quantitative Approaches to the Study of Gender
Pages 81-101
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology
- Book Subtitle
- Volume 1: Gender Research in General and Experimental Psychology
- Editors
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- Joan C. Chrisler
- Donald R. McCreary
- Copyright
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4419-1465-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4419-1465-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4939-3943-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXVI, 712
- Topics