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Gendered situations, gendered selves : a gender lens on social psychology

Title
Gendered situations, gendered selves : a gender lens on social psychology / Judith A. Howard, Jocelyn A. Hollander.
Author
Howard, Judith A.
Publication
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors
Hollander, Jocelyn A.
Description
xiv, 209 pages; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Gender lens ; v. 2
Uniform Title
Gender lens ; v. 2.
Subject
  • Social psychology
  • Sex role
  • Personality and situation
  • Social exchange
  • Symbolic interactionism
  • Social perception
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
ISBN
  • 0803956045 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 0803956037 (cloth : acid-free paper)
LCCN
96010130
OCLC
  • 34676275
  • ocm34676275
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries