The Psychology of Sex and Gender

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• An expanded focus on diversity and inclusion includes more use of gender-inclusive pronouns (they/them) and terms (Latinx); more empirical research examining gender-related outcomes at the intersections of different social identities (sex, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation); and more diverse ranges of cultures, experiences, and perspectives.
• Enhanced structure and pedagogy drawn from the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) better facilitates student comprehension.
• A dedicated final chapter, Gender Past, Present, and Future, prompts students to use past and present understandings of gender psychology to identify unanswered questions that will likely shape the future of the field.
• Bolstered pedagogical features further capture student interest and encourage connections.
  
  • 20 new Sidebar boxes cover timely people, topics, and events like Lizzo, body positivity, and the #MeToo movement.
  • 20 new Stop and Think questions and updated chapter debates prompt students to use and fine-tune their critical thinking skills.
• Reorganized and streamlined content moves sections, subsections, and debates within chapters and combines or expands existing sections to enhance clarity and flow of information.
• Updated content includes over 500 new references to keep readers up to date on the most current scientific findings from gender psychology and related fields that study sex and gender.

• An emphasis on diversity weaved into the text rather than in separate boxed features shows students that the psychology of sex and gender is about everyone, not just those who occupy mainstream or privileged social groups.
• Pedagogical tools based on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) allow students to transfer knowledge gained beyond the end of the learning experience.
  
  • Text concepts illustrated with pop culture examples capture and hold student interest and prompt them to connect the material to what they already know.
  • Short Test Your Knowledge quizzes at the beginning of chapters ask students to engage in metacognition about their knowledge, perspectives, and assumptions; answers appear at the end of chapters.
  • Thematic content is weaved throughout the text to help students organize new material in deeper and more meaningful associative networks that span across different chapters.
  • Application of knowledge to other course material, current events, and personal experiences is encouraged to deepen the level of student understanding and retention.
• Chapter-opening learning objectives aligned with SOTL provide students with the concrete actions (describe, analyze, apply) that they will be able to complete after reading each chapter to demonstrate mastery of the material.
• Journey of Research features examine the colorful histories of topics from a scholarly perspective over time to demonstrate that science is a continually evolving process.
• Stop and Think questions that incorporate all levels of Bloom’s taxonomy prompt students to activate their critical thinking skills.
• Debate features draw from the many lively disagreements in the field to present both sides of an issue in an unbiased way for readers to draw their own informed conclusions.
• Attention-grabbing Sidebar boxes in each chapter offer details about high interest topics or new and exciting research findings.
• Chapter-ending summaries provide recaps tied back to chapter-opening learning objectives.