Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology Volume 1: Gender Research
A major milestone in psychology has been the shift from concepts of sex, a strictly biological construct, to gender, with its range of biopsychosocial dimensions. Accordingly, recent years have seen gender research achieve marked improvements in methods,
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Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology Volume 1 Gender Research in General and Experimental Psychology
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Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology
Joan C. Chrisler . Donald R. McCreary Editors
Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology Volume 1: Gender Research in General and Experimental Psychology
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Editors Joan C. Chrisler Department of Psychology Connecticut College 270 Mohegan Avenue New London CT 06320 USA [email protected]
Donald R. McCreary Department of Psychology Brock University St. Catharines ON Canada York University Toronto ON Canada [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-1464-4 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-1465-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1465-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2009941984 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donald R. McCreary and Joan C. Chrisler Part I
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History of Psychology
2 Emergence and Development of the Psychology of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexandra Rutherford and Leeat Granek
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3 Emergence and Development of the Psychology of Men and Masculinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam V. Cochran
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4 Emergence and Development of the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristin A. Hancock and Karen Greenspan
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Part II
Research Methods
5 Quantitative Approaches to the Study of Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah K. Murnen and Linda Smolak
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6 Qualitative Inquiry in Gender Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary M. Gergen
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7 Measuring Gender: Options and Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew P. Smiler and Marina Epstein
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8 Cross-Cultural Research Methods and the Study of Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon B. Forbes 9 Gender Diverse Recruitment to Research Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deborah J. Bowen, Chanita Hughes Halbert, Alecia Robinson, and Uli Boehmer 10 Interpreting and Communicating the Results of Gender-Related Research . . . .
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