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Gender, Nature, and Nurture by Richard A. Lippa is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Written by one of the foremost authorities in the field, this engaging text presents the latest scientific findings on gender differences, similarities, and variations--in sexuality, cognitive abilities, occupational preferences, personality, and social behaviors, such as aggression. The impact of nature and nurture on gender is examined from the perspectives of genetics, molecular biology, evolutionary theory, neuroanatomy, anthropology, sociology, and psychology. The result is a balanced, fair-minded synthesis of diverse points of view. Dr. Lippa's text sympathetically summarizes each side of the nature-nurture debate, and in a witty imagined conversation between a personified'nature'and'nurture,'he identifies weaknesses in the arguments offered by both sides. His kaleidoscopic review defines gender, summarizes research on gender differences, examines the nature of masculinity and femininity, describes theories of gender, and presents a'cascade model,'which argues that nature and nurture constitute the inseparable threads that weave together to form the complex tapestry known as gender. Gender, Nature, and Nurture applies the nature-nurture debate to such topical public policy qu

Who reads Gender, Nature, and Nurture?

Author

Richard A. Lippa

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781282325449

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Nature, Sociology, Psychology