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Author Howard, Judith A., 1947 August 4-

Title Gendered situations, gendered selves : a gender lens on social psychology / Judith A. Howard, Jocelyn A. Hollander.

Publication Info. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1997]
©1997

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HM251 .H72 1997  1997    Available  ---
Description xiv, 209 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Gender lens ; v. 2
Gender lens ; v. 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-185) and indexes.
Contents Defining social psychology and gender. What is social psychology? Social psychological theories. What is gender? Cross-cutting social positions. A gender lens -- Conceptions of gender in social psychology. Essentialist approaches, socialization approaches, social construction approaches, structural approaches -- Social exchange and related theories. Behaviorism, social learning theory, social exchange theory -- Social cognition. The organization of thought. Thinking : processing information. Constructing gender : behavior and cognition. Social cognition on gender -- Symbolic interactionism. The tools of symbolic interactionism. Who are we? Self and identity -- Gendered selves and identities. Presenting selves in interaction. Interactional repairs. Self-presentation and social structure. Resistance and negotiation -- Altruism and aggression : gendered dynamics of helping and harming others. Definitions. Social psychological explanations of altruism and aggression. Structural patterns of helping and aggression. Coda : helping and harming --. Lessons from opposition -- Reprising a gender lens on social psychology. A case in point. Traces of social psychological theories. Approaches to gender. Final messages for the reader.
Subject Social psychology.
Social psychology.
Sex role.
Sex role.
Personality and situation.
Personality and situation.
Social exchange.
Social exchange.
Symbolic interactionism.
Symbolic interactionism.
Social perception.
Social perception.
Gender roles.
Added Author Hollander, Jocelyn A.
ISBN 0803956045 paperback acid-free paper
0803956037 cloth acid-free paper