Sex Differences in Social Behavior: A Social-Role Interpretation (Distinguished Lecture Series) - Hardcover

Eagly, Alice H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0898598044 ISBN 13: 9780898598049

Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1987

Synopsis

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 and actual sex differences is not as great as is often believed.

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Review:

...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

About this edition

• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0898598044
• ISBN 13: 9780898598049
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 190