Details

Description

1 online resource (111 entries) : 25 images, digital files.

Series

Credo reference.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical referenceses.

Contents

A-W.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.

Summary

The study of gender differences began in earnest in the 1970s and has since increased dramatically to infiltrate virtually all fields of study in the social and behavioral sciences. Along the way, it was discovered that while women very often think and behave differently than do men, industrialized societies cater to masculine perspectives. The "Psychology of Women" emerged as a field of study focusing on just those areas in which women most often butted against assumed roles. And similarly, in the 1990s, the "Psychology of Men" emerged to focus on the same issues for men. The Encyclopedia of Gender covers all three areas under one cover, discussing psychological differences in personality, cognition, and behavior, as well as biologically based differences and how those differences impact behavior. Coverage, from A (Abortion and Its Health Effects) to W (Working Environments), includes studies of these differences in applied settings such as education, business, the home, in politics, sports competition, etc.

System Details

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Note

Description based on title page of print version.

Subject

Women -- Encyclopedias.

Women -- Psychology -- Encyclopedias.

Women -- Social conditions -- Encyclopedias.

Sex role -- Encyclopedias.

Sex differences -- Encyclopedias.

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Added Author

Worell, Judith, 1928-

Credo Reference (Firm)

Added Title

Women and gender.

Other Form:

Print version: 0122272455 9780122272455 (DLC) 2001088812 2 v. (xvii, 1256 p.) : ill.

ISBN

9781849723107 (online)

0122272455 (set)

0122272463 (v. 1)

0122272471 (v. 2)