1st Edition
Sex Differences in Social Behavior A Social-role interpretation
By Alice H. Eagly
Copyright 1987
190 Pages
by
Psychology Press
192 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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In presenting an innovative theory of sex differences in the social context, this volume applies social-role theory and meta-analytic techniques to research in aggression, social influence, helping, nonverbal, and group behavior. Eagly's findings show that gender stereotypic behavior results from different male and female role expectations, and that the disparity between these gender stereotypes... Read more
Contents: The Analysis of Sex Differences in Social Behavior: A New Theory and a New Method. Sex Differences in Helping Behavior. Sex Differences in Aggressive Behavior. Sex Differences in Other Social Behaviors. The Interpretation of Sex Differences in Social Behavior.
Biography
Alice H. Eagly
"...a landmark book in the field...a sophisticated advance in our understanding of sex differences in social behavior...must reading for all students of social psychology, the psychology of women and gender."
—Janet Shibley Hyde
University of Wisconsin"...the most comprehensive analysis yet of the basis for many psychological sex differences...raises the study of sex differences to a new level of empirical and theoretical sophistication. The book is beautifully written, detailed yet easy to follow...balanced and thoughtful."
—Judith A. Hall
Northeastern University
