Women, Gender, and Social Psychology

VIRGINIA E. O'LEARY American Psychological Association, RHODA KESLER UNGER Montclair State College, BARBARA STRUDLER WALLSTON George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

• BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES, INTRODUCTION, 1. INTEGRATING THE FEMINIST CRITIQUE AND THE CRISIS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: ANOTHER LOOK AT RESEARCH METHODS, 2. IMAGES OF MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY: A RECONCEPTUALIZATION, 3. SEX-DETERMINED ATTRIBUTIONS, 4. ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AND SEX ROLES, 5. FROM THEORIES OF EQUITY TO THEORIES OF JUSTICE: THE LIBERATING CONSEQUENCES OF STUDYING WOMEN, 6. THE HELPFUL BUT HELPLESS FEMALE: MYTH OR REALITY?, 7. ADDING GENDER TO AGGRESSION RESEARCH: INCREMENTAL OR REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE?, 8. GENDER AND INFLUENCEABILITY: STEREOTYPE VERSUS BEHAVIOR, 9. WOMEN AND MEN IN LOVE: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN CLOSE HETEROSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS, 10. SEX, GENDER, AND GROUPS: SELECTED ISSUES, EPILOGUE: TOWARD A SYNTHESIS OF WOMEN, GENDER, AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, AUTHOR INDEX, SUBJECT INDEX

"This book thoughtfully summarizes much of a previous decade's explosion of research on how, why, and under what circumstances men and women behave differently and the same."—Contemporary Psychology