Half the Human Experience: The Psychology of Women - Softcover

Hyde, Janet Shibley

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9780618751471: Half the Human Experience: The Psychology of Women

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ISBN 10: 0618751475 ISBN 13: 9780618751471

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2006

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Clear, comprehensive, and highly readable, Half the Human Experience presents a balanced perspective on multidisciplinary issues and provides an authoritative analysis of classical and current research from a feminist psychology viewpoint. Hyde examines the balance of cultural and biological similarities (and differences) between the genders, noting how these characteristics may affect issues of equality, and also how men and women behave towards one another. By putting into context the proliferation of research in the field and clearly explaining the relationship between gender and emotion, the author helps demystify the scientific process and study of feminist psychology. Students receive a strong foundation for understanding the influences of gender, race, and ethnicity on psychology and society, as well as strategies for thinking critically about pop culture versus academic feminism as it relates to psychology.

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Janet Shibley Hyde, the Helen Thompson Woolley Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, received her education at Oberlin College and the University of California, Berkeley. She has taught a course in the psychology of women since 1973, first at Bowling Green State University, next at Denison University, and now at the University of Wisconsin. Her research interests include the psychology of women, human sexuality, and gender-role development. Author of the popular UNDERSTANDING HUMAN SEXUALITY, she is a past-president of the Society for the Psychology of Women and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. Her many honors include an award for excellence in teaching at Bowling Green State University, the Chancellor's Award for teaching at the University of Wisconsin, and the Heritage Award from the Society for the Psychology of Women for career contributions to research on the psychology of women.

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