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Women, gender, and social psychology

edited by Virginia E. O'Leary, Rhoda Kesler Unger, Barbara Strudler Wallston

L. Erlbaum, 1985

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First published in 1985. This volume contains ten short pieces focusing on methodological issues, definitional problems, and new questions-both empirical and theoretical-that had been inspired by the social psychological study of women in the last decade. The material submitted was rich and varied, and offered an exciting' 'new look at the current and potential contribution of the study of sex and gender to social psychology.

Table of Contents

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

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