Gender Development - Softcover

Golombok, Susan; Fivush, Robyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521408628 ISBN 13: 9780521408622

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Gender Development is the first book to examine gender from a truly developmental perspective. It looks at the processes involved in the development of gender, addressing sensitive and complex questions. The authors provide an up-to-date integrative review of theory and research, tracing gender development from the moment of conception through adulthood and emphasizing the complex interaction for biology, socialization, and cognition. The topics covered include hormonal influences, moral development, play and friendships, experiences at school and work and psychopathology. This comprehensive overview will fill a real need for a textbook and sourcebook for college and graduate students, parents, teachers, counselors and researchers.

About this title

Book Description:

The first text to examine gender from a developmental perspective provides an up-to-date integrative review of theory and research, tracing gender development from the moment of conception through adulthood and emphasizing the complex interaction for biology, socialization, and cognition.

From the Back Cover:

Gender Development is the first book to examine gender from a truly developmental perspective, filing a need for a textbook and sourcebook for college and graduate students, parents, teachers, counselors, and researchers. It examines the processes involved in the development of gender, addressing sensitive and complex questions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521408628
• ISBN 13: 9780521408622
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288