Psychology of Women by Margaret Matlin
This highly respected, best-selling book offers an enjoyable, extraordinarily well-written introduction to the psychology of women. Appropriate for readers from a wide variety of backgrounds, this comprehensive book depicts women's experiences through direct quotations and an emphasis on empirical research. Known for its balance of scholarship, readability, and inclusion of various kinds of women, the text reflects a genuine interest in and understanding of the readers for whom it was written. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN includes a chapter on old age as well as discussions of topics such as welfare issues, pregnancy, and women's retirement, which are central in many women's lives but not consistently covered in other texts. Benefits: NEW Research updates in this carefully revised edition include recent findings related to the discussion of racism, census information on woman of color in the United States and Canada, the invisibility of woman in art, gender discrimination, attitudes towards women's pleasantness, stereotyped representations in the media, children's television programs and books, infants' knowledge about gender, selective abortion, female infanticide, and parental influence on gender typing. Informal demonstrations encourage active involvement and clarify the procedures for crucial research studies. Matlin focuses on the psychological aspects of women in and of themselves, rather than focusing on gender differences. NEW Providing you with the most current information available, research updates include recent findings related to the discussion of racism, census information on woman of color in the United States and Canada, the invisibility of woman in art, gender discrimination, attitudes towards women's pleasantness, stereotyped representations in the media, children's television programs and books, infants' knowledge about gender, selective abortion, female infanticide, and parental influence on gender typing. NEW New s
Margaret W. Matlin received her bachelor's degree from Stanford University and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She currently holds the title of Distinguished Teaching Professor of Psychology at SUNY Geneseo, where she has taught the course in cognitive psychology for 20 years.
Dr. Matlin is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Canadian Psychological Association. She received the State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1977, the American Psychological Association's Teaching of Psychology Award for four-year institutions in 1985, the American Psychological Foundation's Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award in 1995, and the Society for the Psychology of Women's Heritage Award for outstanding lifetime contributions to the teaching of the psychology of women in 2001.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780155078963 |
| ISBN 10 | 0155078968 |
| Title | Psychology of Women |
| Author | Margaret Matlin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cengage Learning, Inc |
| Year published | 1999-08-05 |
| Number of pages | 704 |
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