Review of approches of studying gender and gender differences in psychology

There is long tradition of investigating gender differences in psychology and interest in this subject is still on a high level. As gender has proved to be strongly connected with beliefs, emotions and behavior of individuals in last two decades gender has become one of most studied concepts in psyc...

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Main Author: Radović Olivera B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Philosophy, Kosovska Mitrovica 2013-01-01
Series:Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini
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Online Access:http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-3293/2013/0354-32931301489R.pdf
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Summary:There is long tradition of investigating gender differences in psychology and interest in this subject is still on a high level. As gender has proved to be strongly connected with beliefs, emotions and behavior of individuals in last two decades gender has become one of most studied concepts in psychology. Basic aim of this paper is to give brief synthetic review of theoretical approaches of studding gender and gender differences in psychology. While earlier approaches deal with gender as subject variable, modern social psychology is quietly different, it focuses on interaction.
ISSN:0354-3293
2217-8082