The Psychology of Gender - Hardcover

Anne E. Beall is a Doctoral candidate in Social Psychology at Yale University. She graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Delaware in 1988. She received her Master of Science degree from Yale in 1990, and her Master of Philosophy degree from Yale in 1991. Her research interests include love, close relationships, gender, and emotions.
Robert J. Sternberg is IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University. He was graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Yale in 1972, and received his Ph.D. at Stanford in 1975. Sternberg is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society, and currently is Editor of the PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN and is President-Elect, Division 1 of the APA. He is the author of over 300 books, chapters, and articles in the field of psychology. He has received over $5 million in government and foundation grants to study intelligence and related topics, and is currently involved in several projects in the schools, including the development of a program for teaching practical and creative intelligence for schools to sixth-graders. Sternberg has won numerous awards from various organizations, including the American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, Guggenheim Foundation, Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology, and the National Association for Gifted Children. Sternberg is married to Alejandra Campos, and has two children, Seth (13), and Sara (12).

CONTENTS 1. Introduction, Alice H. Eagly and Robert J. Sternberg 2. Androgen, Estrogen, and Gender: Contributions of the Early Hormone Environment to Gender-Related Behavior, Melissa Hines 3. The Psychobiology of Gender: Cognitive Effects of Reproductive Hormones in the Adult Nervous System, Elizabeth Hampson and Scott D. Moffat 4. Sex Roles as Adaptations: An Evolutionary Perspective on Gender Differences and Similarities, Douglas T. Kenrick, Melanie R. Trost, and Jill M. Sundie 5. Social Cognitive Theory of Gender Development and Functioning, Kay Bussey and Albert Bandura 6. Gender Socialization: A Parent x Child Model, Eva M. Pomerantz, Florrie Fei-Yin Ng, and Qian Wang 7. Psychoanalytic Theories of Gender, Leslie C. Bell 8. Gender Differences in Relational and Collective Interdependence: Implications for Self-Views, Social Behavior, and Subjective Well-Being, Wendi L. Gardner and Shira Gabriel 9. On the Construction of Gender, Sex, and Sexuality, Jeanne Maracek, Mary Crawford, and Danielle Popp 10. Gender as Status: An Expectations States Theory Approach, Cecilia L. Ridgeway and Chris Bourg 11. The Bases of Gendered Power, Felicia Pratto and Angela Walker 12. Social Role Theory of Sex Differences and Similarities: Implications for the Partner Preferences of Women and Men, Alice H. Eagly, Wendy Wood, and Mary Johannesen-Schmidt 13. Cultural Diversity and Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Deborah L. Best and Jennifer J. Thomas 14. Sex Changes: A Current Perspective on the Psychology of Gender, Marianne LaFrance, Elizabeth Levy Paluck, and Victoria Brescoll Index