Psychology of Gender Identity

Psychology of Gender Identity
Author: Kam-Shing Yip
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2006
Genre: Gender identity
ISBN:
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Gender encompasses biological sex but extends beyond it to the socially prescribed roles deemed appropriate for each sex by the culture in which we live. The gender roles we each carry out are highly individualistic, built on our biological and physical traits, appearance and personality, life experiences such as childhood, career and education, and history of sexual and romantic interactions. Each element influences perceptions and expectations. Gender-related experiences influence and shape the ways we think about others and ourselves including self-image, behaviour, mood, social advancement and coping strategies. This book brings together leading international research devoted to this subject.

Cross-Cultural Explorations

Cross-Cultural Explorations
Author: Susan B. Goldstein
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2015-10-14
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317349121
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This activities workbook is designed to facilitate students' understanding and application of major concepts and principles in the study of culture and psychology. The 90 activities in this workbook feature a wide range of engaging case studies, self-administered scales, mini-experiments, and library research projects, addressing topics such as culture, race/ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, and social class. Background material is included for any concepts not commonly addressed in introductory texts. In addition, the workbook is supported by a substantial Instructor's Manual that includes discussion questions, video recommendations, variations by course level, and suggestions for expanded writing assignments.

Reality TV

Reality TV
Author: Mark Andrejevic
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2004-09-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 058548290X
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Drawing on cultural theory and interviews with fans, cast members and producers, this book places the reality TV trend within a broader social context, tracing its relationship to the development of a digitally enhanced, surveillance-based interactive economy and to a savvy mistrust of mediated reality in general. Surveying several successful reality TV formats, the book links the rehabilitation of 'Big Brother' to the increasingly important economic role played by the work of being watched. The author enlists critical social theory to examine how the appeal of 'the real' is deployed as a pervasive but false promise of democratization.