Women and Sex Roles: A Social Psychological Perspective

Table of contents

• Women and Sex Roles - A Social Psychological Perspective *
• Women and Sex Roles - A Social Psychological Perspective *
• Acknowledgments *
• Contents *
• Preface xvii
• Women and Sex Roles - A Social Psychological Perspective *
• 1 - The Psychology of Women and Sex Roles 1
• Part I - Psychology and Women *
• 2 - Doing Psychological Research 11
• 3 - Theories of Feminine Personality 28
• 4 - Sex Differences in Personality and Abilities 45
• Part II - The Origins of Sex Differences *
• 5 - Is Anatomy Destiny? Biology and Sex Differences 71
• 6 - Classic Theories of Sex-Role Socialization 95
• 7 - Cognitive-Developmental Theories of Sex-Role Socialization 114
• Part III - The Roles of Women *
• 8 - Changes in Women's Role Participation 137
• 9 - Women's Adult Development 157
• 10 - Biosocial Aspects of Reproduction 191
• 11 - Sexual Roles of Women 210
• 12 - Achievement and Nonachievement in Women 234
• 13 - Psychological Disorders in Women: Indices of Role Strain 255
• Part IV - Women and Power *
• 14 - Prejudice and Discrimination 279
• 15 - Women and Interpersonal Power 301
• 16 - Being Feminine or Masculine—nonverbally 321
• 17 - Politics and Power 335
• Part V - Women's Lives Today *
• 18 - Making Life Decisions 359
• References 375
• Name Index 419
• Subject Index 435

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