Howard, Judith A. <br/><br/>
Gendered situations, gendered selves :  a gender lens on social psychology / 
Judith A. Howard, Jocelyn A. Hollander. 
 - Thousand Oaks, Calif. :  Sage Publications,  c1997. 
 - xiv, 209 p. ;  23 cm. 
 - Gender lens ;  v. 2 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-185) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0803956045 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 0803956037 (cloth : acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96010130 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social psychology.<br/>Sex role.<br/>Personality and situation.<br/>Social exchange.<br/>Symbolic interactionism.<br/>Social perception.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM251  / .H72 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302