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Psychology of Women

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ISBN-10: 0495091545

ISBN-13: 9780495091547

Edition: 6th 2008

Authors: Margaret W. Matlin

List price: $231.95
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This highly respected, best-selling text offers students an enjoyable, extraordinarily well-written introduction to the Psychology of Women. Appropriate for students from a wide variety of backgrounds, this comprehensive book captures womens' own experiences through direct quotations and an emphasis on empirical research. Known for its balance of scholarship, readability, and inclusion of various kinds of women, Margaret Matlin continues to lead the way for the Psychology of Women course. Meticulously updated to reflect the most current research, PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN was written with a genuine interest in and understanding of the students for whom the book is written. Her text includes a…    
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Book details

List price: $231.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 3/14/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 8.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

Margaret Matlin currently holds the title of Distinguished Teaching Professor of Psychology at SUNY Geneseo, where she has taught courses in the Psychology of Women for 36 years. Dr. Matlin has been honored with several major teaching awards, including the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, the American Psychological Association Teaching of Psychology Award for four-year institutions, the American Psychological Foundation's Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award, and the Society for the Psychology of Women's Heritage Award for lifetime contributions to the teaching of the psychology of women. She is currently the Teaching Section Editor for the journal, Psychology of…    

Introduction
Gender Stereotypes and Other Gender Biases
Infancy and Childhood
Adolescence
Cognitive Abilities and Achievement Motivation
Gender Comparisons in Social and Personality Characteristics
Women and Work
Love Relationships
Sexuality
Pregnancy , Childbirth, and Motherhood
Women and Physical Health
Women and Psychological Disorders
Violence Against Women
Women and Older Adults
Moving Onward