Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities: 3rd Edition - Hardcover

Halpern, Diane F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805808442 ISBN 13: 9780805808445

Publisher: Psychology Press, 1991

Synopsis

This is a comprehensive and up-to-date synthesis of the theories, research, and research methods designed to explore how, why, when, and to what extent females and males differ in intellectual abilities. Halpern's lively and highly accessible writing conveys complex ideas and interrelationships among variables in an engrossing and understandable manner. Providing a thought-provoking perspective on a controversial and politically explosive topic, her treatment bridges the gap between the sensationalized, often shoddy "pop literature" and highly technical scientific publications.

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Review:

Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities, Third Edition is written at a remarkably uniform level, and displays painstaking care to avoid over-stepping students' pre-existing technical knowledge. Students who read this book will learn a great deal about research methods, data interpretation, brain function, hormones, etc., while also learning about sex differences in cognition....Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities, Third Edition has plenty of material to serve as the sole or primary textbook, and is well designed for such use. It would make an excellent choice for a capstone course: it is about the right level, it covers many different issues, concepts and theories and, perhaps more importantly, it encourages using biological, social and cognitive approaches to an engaging topic in an integrated fashion. Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities, Third Edition also deserves to be highly recommended for use outside the classroom as a comprehensive survey and synthesis of research and theory in this complex and highly controversial area.

—Human Ethology Bulletin

Let it be known that this third edition of Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities is a striking example of triumph of scholarship and knowledge over ignorance and political agenda, and I recommend it highly.
—Contemporary Psychology

Halpern's organization of the book is superb....Halpern delivers a book that functions as a primer on sex differences in cognition. The book not only provides a complete reporting of the facts, but also a thorough and easy-to-understand orientation to the subject matter....Halpern provides a masterful introduction to the complex and controversial subject matter of sex differences in cognitive abilities.

—Cognitive Science Society Newsletter

The book not only reports the facts, but also provides a thorough and easy-to-understand orientation to the subject matter....Halpern provides amasterful introduction to the complex and controversial subject matter of sex differences in cognitive abilities....the book would work very well as the primary textbook in a graduate or advanced undergraduate course in departments of psychology, zoology, or education.
—Applied Cognitive Psychology

About this edition

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0805808442
• ISBN 13: 9780805808445
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 336