Instructor’s Manual
The Psychology of Women,7th Edition
By Margaret W. Matlin
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, TABLE OF CONTENT
Ch 1: Introduction
Ch 2: Gender Stereotypes and Other Gender Biases
Ch 3: Infancy and Childhood
Ch 4: Adolescence
Ch 5: Gender Comparisons in Cognitive Abilities and Attitudes About Achievements
Ch 6: Gender Comparisons in Social and Personality Characteristics
Ch 7: Women and Work
TU
Ch 8: Love Relationships
Ch 9: Sexuality
Ch 10: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
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Ch 11: Women and Physical Health
Ch 12: Women and Psychological Disorders
Ch 13: Violence Against Women
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Ch 14: Women and Older Adulthood
Ch 15: Moving Onward…
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CHAPTER OUTLINES
TU
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
TO
Central Concepts in the Psychology of Women
Sex and Gender
Sex
Gender
R
“Doing Gender”
The Extent of Social Biases
G
Sexism
Racism
Classism
U
Ableism
Heterosexism/Sexual Prejudice
Ageism
R
Feminist Approaches
Liberal Feminism
Cultural Feminism
U
Radical Feminism
Women-of-Color Feminism
Psychological Approaches to Gender Similarity and Difference
The Similarities Perspective
social constructionism
The Differences Perspective
essentialism
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A Brief History of the Psychology of Women
Early Studies of Gender Comparisons
The Emergence of the Psychology of Women as a Discipline
1970s
Problems with the 1970s Framework
• gender is complicated
• blaming women, ignoring the situation
The Current Status of the Psychology of Women
TU
Complex Answers
Research Increasing
Interactions of Gender and Other Factors
Interdisciplinary Studies
Conflicting Research Findings
TO
Change
Women and Ethnicity
The White-Privilege Concept
Peggy McIntosh
R
White-Privilege Concept
White-as-Normative Concept
Women of Color
G
Demographics
Latina Women
Hispanic, Latinas/Latinos, Chicanas/Chicanos
U
border crossing
Black Women
racism
R
Black, African American
Asian American Women
stereotypes and challenges
U
Native American and First Nations Women
integrating personal aspirations with values of their culture
Further Perspectives on Ethnicity
within-group diversity
biracial and multiracial individuals
intersectionality
U.S.-Centered Nationalism
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The Psychology of Women,7th Edition
By Margaret W. Matlin
TU
TO
R
G
U
R
U
, TABLE OF CONTENT
Ch 1: Introduction
Ch 2: Gender Stereotypes and Other Gender Biases
Ch 3: Infancy and Childhood
Ch 4: Adolescence
Ch 5: Gender Comparisons in Cognitive Abilities and Attitudes About Achievements
Ch 6: Gender Comparisons in Social and Personality Characteristics
Ch 7: Women and Work
TU
Ch 8: Love Relationships
Ch 9: Sexuality
Ch 10: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
TO
Ch 11: Women and Physical Health
Ch 12: Women and Psychological Disorders
Ch 13: Violence Against Women
R
Ch 14: Women and Older Adulthood
Ch 15: Moving Onward…
G
U
R
U
,Instructor’s Manual
CHAPTER OUTLINES
TU
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
TO
Central Concepts in the Psychology of Women
Sex and Gender
Sex
Gender
R
“Doing Gender”
The Extent of Social Biases
G
Sexism
Racism
Classism
U
Ableism
Heterosexism/Sexual Prejudice
Ageism
R
Feminist Approaches
Liberal Feminism
Cultural Feminism
U
Radical Feminism
Women-of-Color Feminism
Psychological Approaches to Gender Similarity and Difference
The Similarities Perspective
social constructionism
The Differences Perspective
essentialism
18 of 381
, Instructor’s Manual
A Brief History of the Psychology of Women
Early Studies of Gender Comparisons
The Emergence of the Psychology of Women as a Discipline
1970s
Problems with the 1970s Framework
• gender is complicated
• blaming women, ignoring the situation
The Current Status of the Psychology of Women
TU
Complex Answers
Research Increasing
Interactions of Gender and Other Factors
Interdisciplinary Studies
Conflicting Research Findings
TO
Change
Women and Ethnicity
The White-Privilege Concept
Peggy McIntosh
R
White-Privilege Concept
White-as-Normative Concept
Women of Color
G
Demographics
Latina Women
Hispanic, Latinas/Latinos, Chicanas/Chicanos
U
border crossing
Black Women
racism
R
Black, African American
Asian American Women
stereotypes and challenges
U
Native American and First Nations Women
integrating personal aspirations with values of their culture
Further Perspectives on Ethnicity
within-group diversity
biracial and multiracial individuals
intersectionality
U.S.-Centered Nationalism
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