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Gender development

Judith E. Owen Blakemore Sheri A Berenbaum; Lynn S Liben

New York Psychology Press c2009

Localização: IP - Instituto de Psicologia    (HQ21 B636g e.1 )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Gender development
  • Autor: Judith E. Owen Blakemore
  • Sheri A Berenbaum; Lynn S Liben
  • Assuntos: Gender identity; Sex differences (Psychology); Parent and child; Identity (Psychology) and mass media; Mass media and sex; Families in mass media; IDENTIDADE SEXUAL; DIFERENÇAS SEXUAIS (PSICOGÊNESE); CRIANÇAS; FAMÍLIA; IDENTIDADE DE GÊNERO; Identité sexuelle; Différences entre sexes (Psychologie); Parents et enfants; Identité (Psychologie) et médias; Médias et sexualité; Famille dans les médias; Entwicklungspsychologie; Geschlechterrolle
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-480) and indexes
  • Descrição: pt . I: Introduction to the world of gender development -- 1. The many components of sex and gender -- Feminism and feminist critiques of science -- Children's gender development -- 2. History of the study of gender development -- The early study of sex differences -- Psychoanalytic theory -- Transition to the current research: changes during the 1960s and 1970s --
    pt. II: Describing differences between the sexes -- 3. Biological foundations of sex and gender -- What makes someone a boy or girl, man or woman? -- Early biological processes of sex determination and differentiation -- Puberty -- Physical sex differences of importance for gender development -- Brain underpinnings of sex and gender -- Evolution: why sex differences? -- 4. Motor development and cognition -- what it means to say there is a sex or gender difference -- Motor development and motor skills -- Activity level -- Intellectual and cognitive skills -- 5. Personality and social behaviors -- Emotions -- Other forms of social cognition -- Prosocial behaviors -- Physically active play, participation in sports, risk-taking, accidents, and injury -- Aggression -- Morality -- Personality and self-esteem -- Toys, activities, and interests -- Psychopathology --
    pt. III: Approaches to explaining gender development -- 6. Biological approaches to gender development -- Evolutionary perspectives on gender development: sex differences in behavior arise from evolutionary pressures -- Genetic perspectives on gender development -- Hormonal perspectives on gender development: sex hormones affect more than the genitalia -- Early organizational hormones -- Hormones at adolescence and beyond -- Brain perspectives on gender development -- 7. Social approaches to gender development -- Psychoanalytic theory -- Learning theories -- Social role theory -- Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory -- Social construction theories of gender -- 8. Cognitive approaches to gender development -- Types and qualities of theories -- The cognitive environmental approach -- The developmental constructivist approach --
    pt. IV: Social and cognitive agents of gender development -- 9. The cognitive self as an agent of gender development -- Gender categories -- Gender concepts -- Gender correlates -- The effects of gender cognitions on information processing -- The impact of gender constancy -- 10. The family as an agent of gender development -- Parental preference for child sex -- Types and mechanisms of parental influence -- The impact of different kinds of families -- The impact of siblings -- Other family relationships -- 11. The peer group as an agent of gender development -- The developmental progression of gender segregation -- The "two cultures" of childhood -- Why do children play in gender-segregated groups? -- Popular boys and popular girls -- Boys' and girls' friendships -- Dating and romantic relationships -- Gender and youth gangs -- The impact of peers on gender development -- 12. The media as an agent of gender development -- Children's books -- Television -- Video games and computers -- Toys -- The impact of toys and the media on children's gender development -- 13. The school as an agent of gender development -- Academic performance: how do boys and girls perform in school? -- Completing high schools and continuing on to postsecondary education -- Behavior and attitudes -- Treatment of boys and girls by teachers -- Textbooks and academic subject matter -- Structure of schools -- The movement for gender equity in schools -- What about single-sex schools?
    This text offers a unique developmental focus on gender. Gender development is examined from infancy through adolescence, integrating biological, socialization, and cognitive perspectives
  • Editor: New York Psychology Press
  • Data de criação/publicação: c2009
  • Formato: xi, 519 p ill 27 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês
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