Psychology of Sex and Gender

(4 Credits)

This course examines how research psychologists study and understand sex and gender. We will address gender issues that are complex, wide-ranging, and often controversial. My expectation is that your considerable "inside" understanding of gender will undergo expansion and transformation through course readings, lectures and discussions. We will concentrate on studies that put to scientific test common and uncommon notions about gender. The broad topics for the course include: Defining Gender, Psychological Perspectives on Gender, Gender and Sexual Identities, Acquiring/Doing Gender, Stereotypes and Bias, Gender Comparisons, Gender Consequences, Gender Roles/Relationships.