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The Psychology of Sex and Gender [Paperback]

Barbara Smith (Author)
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020539311X 978-0205393114 April 21, 2006 1

Psychology of Sex and Gender provides students with a balanced examination of the influences of sex and gender on behavior and development. The book takes a truly global perspective when examining the relationship between and among sex, gender, and factors such as sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, and religious and geographical diversity.

 

This richly illustrated book offers a lively writing style and makes research relevant to the lives of students, engaging student interest by including student responses from journaling assignments, excerpts from student papers, and personal perspectives.

Dr. Smith’s approach to sex and gender is multidisciplinary. She includes research and theoretical contributions drawn not only from psychology but also from biology, sociology, history, philosophy, and anthropology.


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Psychology of Sex and Gender provides students with a balanced examination of the influences of sex and gender on behavior and development. The book takes a truly global perspective when examining the relationship between and among sex, gender, and factors such as sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, and religious and geographical diversity.

This richly illustrated book offers a lively writing style and makes research relevant to the lives of students, engaging student interest by including student responses from journaling assignments, excerpts from student papers, and personal perspectives.

Dr. Smith’s approach to sex and gender is multidisciplinary. She includes research and theoretical contributions drawn not only from psychology but also from biology, sociology, history, philosophy, and anthropology.


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  • Paperback: 608 pages
  • Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 1 edition (April 21, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 020539311X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0205393114
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #255,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Educators and Students Beware!, January 22, 2009
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This book is completely useless to anyone who wishes to learn or teach anything. The data is old, research outdated, and facts misrepresented. For example, one chapter used a study from 1970 that had no controls and then compared the study to "the norm."

The illustrations also leave a great deal to be desired. Several of the pictures are photos of the author's children; they are small, poorly cropped, and self-promoting. Instead of diagrams of the human brain, there appear to be pencil sketches that are highly inaccurate and distorted- a shoddy way to cut costs in a textbook.

The entire book is designed to be taught as a course's only text, but it doesn't provide enough context. Each chapter is all about how the author's classes noticed this and they were ever so clever and the author was also clever for implementing these learning devices.

For a cheaper alternative book with much more legitimate information, I recommend The Psychology of Gender, Second Edition, Alice H. Eagly, Anne E. Beall, Robert J. Sternberg.
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