Table 401.3: TABLE 3 Psychology of Women and Men

Coverage of the psychology of women and men can be found on the following pages:

Age and decreased fertility, p. 96

Aggression, pp. 108–109, 331

testosterone and, p. 331

Alcohol use and sexual assault, p. 387

Alcohol use disorder, p. 387

Alcohol, women’s greater physical vulnerability, p. 387

Attraction, pp. 335–339

Beauty ideals, pp. 336–337

Bipolar disorder, p. 395

Body image, p. 406

Brain scans, and sex-reassignment surgery, p. 115

Depression, pp. 396–400

among girls, p. 92

higher vulnerability of women, pp. 396–399

seasonal pattern, p. 394

Eating disorders, p. 108

Emotion, p. 277

ability to detect, p. 277

expressiveness, p. 277

identification of as masculine or feminine, p. 277

Empathy, p. 277

Father’s presence

pregnancy rates and, p. 120

lower sexual activity and, p. 120

Freud’s views on gender identity development, p. 352

Gender, pp. 8–10

anxiety and, p. 396

biological influences on, pp. 111–113

changes in society’s thinking about, pp. 114, 128

social-cultural influences on, pp. 113–115

workplace bias and, p. 110

Gender differences, pp. 8–10, 108–111

rumination and, p. 399

evolutionary perspectives on, pp. 124–127

intelligence and, pp. 248–249

sexuality and, p. 125

Gender discrimination, p. 328

Gender identity, development of, pp. 114–115

in transgender individuals, p. 115

Gender roles, p. 114

Gender schema theory, p. 114

Gender similarities, pp. 108–111

Gender typing, p. 114

Generalized anxiety disorder, p. 381

HIV/AIDS, women’s vulnerability to, p. 118

Hormones and sexual behavior, pp. 116–117

Human sexuality, pp. 116–120

Leadership styles, p. 110

Learned helplessness, pp. 398–399

Love

companionate, pp. 338–339

passionate, p. 338

Marriage, pp. 98–99

Motor development, infant massage and, p. 77

Mating preferences, pp. 125–126

Maturation, pp. 88–89, 94

Menarche, p. 88

Menopause, p. 96

Pain, women’s greater sensitivity to, p. 156

Physical attractiveness, pp. 336–337

Posttraumatic stress disorder, p. 383

Puberty, pp. 88–89

early onset of, p. 88

Relationship equity, p. 339

Responses to stress, p. 288

Schizophrenia, p. 402

Sex, pp. 8, 116–120

Sex and gender, p. 108

Sex chromosomes, p. 111

Sex drive, gender differences, pp. 117–118, 125

Sex hormones, pp. 111, 116

Sex-reassignment, pp. 107, 113, 115

Sexual activity and aging, p. 97

Sexual activity, teen girls’ regret, p. 119

Sexual arousal, gender and gay-straight differences, p. 123

Sexual intercourse among teens, pp. 119–120

Sexual orientation, pp. 121–124

Sexual response cycle, p. 116

Sexual response, alcohol-related expectation and, p. 387

Sexual scripts, p. 333

Sexuality, natural selection and, pp. 125–126

Sexualization of girls, p. 120

Sexually explicit media, p. 333

Sexually transmitted infections, p. 118

Similarities and differences between men and women, pp. 108–111

Social clock, p. 100

Social connectedness, pp. 109–111

Social power, p. 109

Spirituality and longevity, p. 301

Substance use disorder and the brain, p. 387

Teen pregnancy, pp. 119–120

Violent crime, p. 108

Vulnerability to psychological disorders, p. 108

Women in psychology, pp. 2, 4