Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology: Volume 1: Gender Research in General and Experimental Psychology

ISBN-13: 9781493939435 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 712 str.

Joan C. Chrisler; Donald R. McCreary

Opis

Recent years have seen gender research achieve marked improvements in methods, terminology, and breadth of content. This handbook brings these achievements into perspective by presenting both the current state of the field and an ambitious future agenda.

Spis treści

Volume I. Gender Research in General Experimental Psychology. Introduction.- Section 1. History of Psychology. Emergence and Development of the Psychology of Women. Emergence and Development of the Psychology of Men and Masculinity. Emergence and Development of the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues.- Section 2. Research Methods. The Use of Experimental and Quasi-experimental Methods in the Study of Gender. The Use of Qualitative Methods in the Study of Gender. Measurement Issues in the Study of Gender. Cross-cultural Methods and the Study of Gender. Recruiting Diverse Samples in Gender Research.- Section 3. Brain and Behavior. The Neuroscience of Sex Differences. The Physiology of Sex Differences. Gender and Evolutionary Psychology.- Section 4. Sensation and Perception. Sex Differences in Sensory Systems and Acuity. Gender Differences in Visual Perception. Gender and Perceptual Biases.- Section 5. Learning and Educational Psychology. Learning about Gender Roles. Gender in the Classroom. Gender and Academic Abilities and Preferences.- Section 6. Cognitive Processes. Gender and Cognitive Development. Gender, Spatial Abilities, and Wayfinding. Gender and Thinking, Problem Solving, Creativity, and Decision Making. Gender and Intelligence.- Section 7. Communication. The Language of Gender. Gender, Power, and Language Use. Gender, Power, and Nonverbal Behavior.- Section 8. Emotion and Motivation. Gender and Emotional Socialization and Expression. Gender, Hunger, and Eating Behavior. Gender and Sexual Motivation and Behavior.

O autorze

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).

Blurb

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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antitative and qualitative research methods, including reviews of commonly used measures

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.