Sex and Gender Differences Revisited
New Perspectives and New Findings
1st Edition
Published on 27. June 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
IV, 88 pages
978-0-88937-429-4 (ISBN)
Description
Sex and gender are among the most heavily investigated interindividual factors in all areas of psychology. Although sex and gender have been studied for more than a hundred years, there has been an explosion of theories and research in this field in the past several years. Whether psychological differences between men and women truly exist, and where they originate, is still under debate. Although the majority of experts would agree that sex and gender differences in mind and behavior are neither purely biological nor purely social in origin, it seems that the proportions attributable to nature and nurture are still being negotiated. New research takes into account biological and social factors as well as the interaction between them and addresses "the small difference" within a psychobiosocial approach. This volume integrates research on sex and gender differences from various psychological disciplines and emphasizes a psychobiosocial approach as a promising new perspective in this field. Topics covered include conceptualizations of "sex" and "gender," the interrelation of gender stereotyping and performance in various cognitive tasks, such as multi-digit number processing, mental rotation, and verbal fluency, sex differences in competition-based attentional selection, sex and gender effects in school contexts, and gender-specific effects in leadership issues as well as academic evaluation.
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Series
Edition
1., 2012
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
For researchers, teachers, and students of psychology, especially those concerned with sex and gender differences.
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 27.7 cm
Width: 21 cm
ISBN-13
978-0-88937-429-4 (9780889374294)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Table of Contents
Editorial
Sex and Gender Differences: New Perspectives and New Findings Within a Psychobiosocial Approach by Markus Hausmann and Barbara Schober
Original Articles
A Threat in the Classroom: Gender Stereotype Activation and Mental-Rotation Performance in Elementary-School Children by Sarah Neuburger, Petra Jansen, Martin Heil, and Claudia Quaiser-Pohl
Gender Stereotyping Enhances Verbal Fluency Performance in Men (and Women) by Marco Hirnstein, Nadja Freund, and Markus Hausmann
What Accounts for Individual and Gender Differences in the Multi-Digit Number Processing of Primary School Children? by Helga Krinzinger, Guilherme Wood, and Klaus Willmes
Sex Differences in Competition- Based Attentional Selection by Jessica Sänger, Daniel Schneider, Christian Beste, and Edmund Wascher
Is Beauty Beastly? Gender-Specific Effects of Leader Attractiveness and Leadership Style on Followers' Trust and Loyalty by Susanne Braun, Claudia Peus, and Dieter Frey
When Will They Blow My Cover? The Impostor Phenomenon Among Austrian Doctoral Students by Gregor Jöstl, Evelyn Bergsmann, Marko Lüftenegger, Barbara Schober, and Christiane Spiel
Does Gender Matter in Grant Peer Review? An Empirical Investigation Using the Example of the Austrian Science Fund by Rüdiger Mutz, Lutz Bornmann, and Hans-Dieter Daniel
Opinion
Re-Conceptualizing ''Sex'' and ''Gender'' in the Human Brain by Anelis Kaiser
The Study of Sex Differences: Feminism and Biology by Anne Campbell
Calls for Papers
''Optimal Design'' A Topical Issue of the Zeitschrift für Psychologie
Editorial
Sex and Gender Differences: New Perspectives and New Findings Within a Psychobiosocial Approach by Markus Hausmann and Barbara Schober
Original Articles
A Threat in the Classroom: Gender Stereotype Activation and Mental-Rotation Performance in Elementary-School Children by Sarah Neuburger, Petra Jansen, Martin Heil, and Claudia Quaiser-Pohl
Gender Stereotyping Enhances Verbal Fluency Performance in Men (and Women) by Marco Hirnstein, Nadja Freund, and Markus Hausmann
What Accounts for Individual and Gender Differences in the Multi-Digit Number Processing of Primary School Children? by Helga Krinzinger, Guilherme Wood, and Klaus Willmes
Sex Differences in Competition- Based Attentional Selection by Jessica Sänger, Daniel Schneider, Christian Beste, and Edmund Wascher
Is Beauty Beastly? Gender-Specific Effects of Leader Attractiveness and Leadership Style on Followers' Trust and Loyalty by Susanne Braun, Claudia Peus, and Dieter Frey
When Will They Blow My Cover? The Impostor Phenomenon Among Austrian Doctoral Students by Gregor Jöstl, Evelyn Bergsmann, Marko Lüftenegger, Barbara Schober, and Christiane Spiel
Does Gender Matter in Grant Peer Review? An Empirical Investigation Using the Example of the Austrian Science Fund by Rüdiger Mutz, Lutz Bornmann, and Hans-Dieter Daniel
Opinion
Re-Conceptualizing ''Sex'' and ''Gender'' in the Human Brain by Anelis Kaiser
The Study of Sex Differences: Feminism and Biology by Anne Campbell
Calls for Papers
''Optimal Design'' A Topical Issue of the Zeitschrift für Psychologie