"This book thoughtfully summarizes much of a previous decade's explosion of research on how, why, and under what circumstances men and women behave differently and the same." —Contemporary Psychology
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES, INTRODUCTION, 1. INTEGRATING THE FEMINIST CRITIQUE AND THE CRISIS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: ANOTHER LOOK AT RESEARCH METHODS, 2. IMAGES OF MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY: A RECONCEPTUALIZATION, 3. SEX-DETERMINED ATTRIBUTIONS, 4. ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AND SEX ROLES, 5. FROM THEORIES OF EQUITY TO THEORIES OF JUSTICE: THE LIBERATING CONSEQUENCES OF STUDYING WOMEN, 6. THE HELPFUL BUT HELPLESS FEMALE: MYTH OR REALITY?, 7. ADDING GENDER TO AGGRESSION RESEARCH: INCREMENTAL OR REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE?, 8. GENDER AND INFLUENCEABILITY: STEREOTYPE VERSUS BEHAVIOR, 9. WOMEN AND MEN IN LOVE: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN CLOSE HETEROSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS, 10. SEX, GENDER, AND GROUPS: SELECTED ISSUES, EPILOGUE: TOWARD A SYNTHESIS OF WOMEN, GENDER, AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, AUTHOR INDEX, SUBJECT INDEX
VIRGINIA E. O'LEARY American Psychological Association, RHODA KESLER UNGER Montclair State College, BARBARA STRUDLER WALLSTON George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University