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To what extent does gender influence our behavior, thoughts, and feelings? How do "nature" and "nurture" interact to shape our identities as female or male? And what are the effects of gender on the ways we are perceived and treated by others? The second edition of this important text and reference confronts the central questions pertaining to gender differences and similarities across the lifespan. Rather than focusing on a particular viewpoint, the volume is carefully designed to foster comparison among different lines of psychological research and provide a broad survey of cutting-edge work in the field.

Anne E. Beall is a Doctoral candidate in Social Psychology at Yale University. She graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Delaware in 1988. She received her Master of Science degree from Yale in 1990, and her Master of Philosophy degree from Yale in 1991. Her research interests include love, close relationships, gender, and emotions.Robert J. Sternberg is IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University. He was graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Yale in 1972, and received his Ph.D. at Stanford in 1975. Sternberg is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society, and currently is Editor of the PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN and is President-Elect, Division 1 of the APA. He is the author of over 300 books, chapters, and articles in the field of psychology. He has received over $5 million in government and foundation grants to study intelligence and related topics, and is currently involved in several projects in the schools, including the development of a program for teaching practical and creative intelligence for schools to sixth-graders. Sternberg has won numerous awards from various organizations, including the American Psychological Association, American Educational Research Association, Guggenheim Foundation, Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology, and the National Association for Gifted Children. Sternberg is married to Alejandra Campos, and has two children, Seth (13), and Sara (12).

Introduction
Androgen, Estrogen, and Gender: Contributions of the Early Hormone Environment to Gender-Related Behavior
The Psychobiology of Gender: Cognitive Effects of Reproductive Hormones in the Adult Nervous System
Sex Roles as Adaptations: An Evolutionary Perspective on Gender Differences and Similarities
Social Cognitive Theory of Gender Development and Functioning
Gender Socialization: A Parent x Child Model
Psychoanalytic Theories of Gender
Gender Differences in Relational and Collective Interdependence: Implications for Self-Views, Social Behavior, and Subjective Well-Being
On the Construction of Gender, Sex, and Sexualities
Gender as Status: An Expectations States Theory Approach
The Bases of Gendered Power
Social Role Theory of Sex Differences and Similarities: Implications for the Partner Preferences of Women and Men
Cultural Diversity and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Sex Changes: A Current Perspective on the Psychology of Gender
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The Psychology of Gender

The Psychology of Gender

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