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Thinking critically about research on sex and gender / Paula J. Caplan, Jeremy B. Caplan.
- Title
- Thinking critically about research on sex and gender / Paula J. Caplan, Jeremy B. Caplan.
- Author
- Caplan, Paula J.
- Publication
- New York : Addison-Wesley Longman, c1999.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Caplan, Jeremy B.
- Description
- xvii, 123 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. A brief historical perspective on sex-difference research -- 3. Using scientific method to study sex and gender -- 4. Sex differences in spatial abilities -- 5. Are boys better than girls at math? -- 6. The myth of women's masochism -- 7. Sex differences in aggression -- 8. Mother-blame -- 9. Do hormones make the woman? -- 10. Do females have better verbal abilities than males? -- 11. Should women's relational abilities be called "dependency"? -- 12. Breaking the cycle of bias : becoming an informed judge of research.
- ISBN
- 0321049292 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^98027621^
- OCLC
- 39348073
- SCSB-12877907
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library