Gender Differences in Human Cognition

Paula J. Caplan, Mary Crawford, Janet ShibleyJ.S. Hyde, John T. E. Richardson (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

1997
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-511291-7 (ISBN)

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This new volume in the Counterpoints series not only summarizes and addresses the validity (or invalidity) of research into gender differences, it also questions the ideology behind this research, and its consequences.

This volume in the "Counterpoints Series" summarizes and addresses the validity of research into gender differences. It also questions the ideology behind this research, and its consequences. The work is intended for researchers and students in the field of cognitive psychology and women's studies, and psychologists interested in gender issues.

Contributors ; 1. Introduction to the Study of Gender Differences in Cognitiion ; 2. Gender Differences in Cognition: Results from Meta-Analyses ; 3. Do Sex-Related Cognitive Differences Exist, and Why Do People Seek Them Out? ; 4. The Meanings of Difference: Cognition in Soical and Cultural Context ; 5. Conclusions from the Study of Gender Differences in Cognition ; Author index ; Subject index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.11.1997
Reihe/Serie	Counterpoints: Cognition, Memory, and Language
Zusatzinfo	line figures, tables
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	308 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-19-511291-1 / 0195112911
ISBN-13	978-0-19-511291-7 / 9780195112917
Zustand	Neuware