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

By: Contributor(s): Series: Gender lens ; v. 2Publication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1997.Description: xiv, 209 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0803956045 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
  • 0803956037 (cloth : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302 20
LOC classification:
  • HM251 .H72 1997
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.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HM251 .H72 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000547488

Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-185) and indexes.

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.

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