Gender and Social Psychology

Explaining theory and research in an accessible but thorough manner, Gender and Social Psychology critically evaluates the contribution that psychology has made to the study of gender, examining key issues such a family roles and parenting, inequalities in education, jobs and pay, and the effects of media representation of the sexes.

Vivien Burr is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Huddersfield. Her previous publications include An Introduction to Social Constructionism (1995).

1 Key issues and perspectives 2 Gender differences in personality 3 Education 4 Work and family 5 Representations and language 6 Gender and psychological research