UID:
almafu_9958126558702883
Format:
1 online resource (367 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-282-32665-1
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9786612326653
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1-4106-1294-5
Content:
This engaging text presents the latest scientific findings on gender differences, similarities, and variations--in sexuality, cognitive abilities, occupational preferences, personality, and social behaviors. The impact of nature and nurture on gender is examined from the perspectives of genetics, molecular biology, evolutionary theory, neuroanatomy, sociology, and psychology. The result is a balanced, fair-minded synthesis of diverse points of view. Dr. Lippa's text sympathetically summarizes each side of the nature-nurture debate, and in a witty imagined conversation between a personified ""n
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE ANYWAY?; CHAPTER 2: MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY: GENDER WITHIN GENDER; CHAPTER 3: THEORIES OF GENDER; CHAPTER 4: THE CASE FOR NATURE; CHAPTER 5: THE CASE FOR NURTURE; CHAPTER 6: CROSS-EXAMINATIONS; CHAPTER 7: GENDER, NATURE, AND NURTURE: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE; Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts; References; Author Index; Subject Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8058-5345-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8058-5344-8
Language:
English
Subjects:
Psychology
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Sociology
