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Summary
Summary
This highly respected, best-selling text offers students an enjoyable, extraordinarily well-written introduction to the Psychology of Women. Appropriate for students from a wide variety of backgrounds, this comprehensive book captures womens' own experiences through direct quotations and an emphasis on empirical research. Known for its balance of scholarship, readability, and inclusion of various kinds of women, Margaret Matlin continues to lead the way for the Psychology of Women course. Meticulously updated to reflect the most current research, PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN was written with a genuine interest in and understanding of the students for whom the book is written. Her text includes a chapter on old age as well as discussions of topics such as welfare issues, and pregnancy and women's retirement, which are central in many women's lives, but not consistently covered in other texts.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction |
Chapter 1 Gender Stereotypes and Other Gender Biases |
Chapter 3 Infancy and Childhood |
Chapter 4 Adolescence |
Chapter 5 Cognitive Abilities and Achievement Motivation |
Chapter 6 Gender Comparisons in Social and Personality Characteristics |
Chapter 7 Women and Work |
Chapter 8 Love Relationships |
Chapter 9 Sexuality |
Chapter 10 Pregnancy , Childbirth, and Motherhood |
Chapter 11 Women and Physical Health |
Chapter 12 Women and Psychological Disorders |
Chapter 13 Violence Against Women |
Chapter 14 Women and Older Adults |
Chapter 15 Moving Onward |