The New Soviet Man and Woman: Sex Role Socialization in the USSR

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Part 1: The concept of upbringing the the link between upbringing and the demographic crisis the effects of Glasnost and Perestroika on women the outline of the book a note on translation and terminology. Part 2 Western theories of male and female personality differences: psychoanalytic theory social learning theory cognitive developmental theory feminism and sex differences in personality. Part 3 Soviet psychology and personality development: historical outline Ivan Pavlov the Troika - Vygotskii, Luria and Leont'ev the development of moral attitudes and behaviour biology and society in the development and personality a proposed Soviet theory of male and female personality, according to the tenets of Soviet psychology. Part 4 Soviet psychologists on sex differences: sex differences in ontogenesis, B.G.Anan'ev sex differences in interpersonal understanding, A.A.Bodalev sex differences in choice of toys, V.S.Mukhina sex differences in mental problem solving, T.G.Khashchenko sex differences and identification with parents - the work of A.I.Zakharov sex differences and identification with parents - the work of A.Ya.Varga sex differences and success in marriage, V.A.Kuts and V.P.Bagrunov sex differences in the development of moral behaviour, L.S.Sapozhnikova a comparison of British and Soviet approaches to sex differences in school subject preference, A.Kelly and T.Snegireva. Part 5 The work of I.S.Kon: personality, social roles, and the social construction of sex differences the role of biology in the development of sex differences the erosion of traditional sex differences in personality the interaction of social and biological influences more recent work. Part 6 Sex-change in the USSR - A.I.Belkin's theory of gender development, and his treatment of hermaphrodites: hermaphroditism and transsexualism - the western approach Belkins's approach - hormones and sex differences the process of gender reassignment Belkin's theory of gender development Belkin and western writings on gender Belkin and the pro-family ethos Belkin and Soviet psychology. Part 7 Sociological and demographic approaches to sex differences: the female personality under socialism male and female roles in the family. Part 8 The pedagogical approach to sex differences: the early pedagogical writings on sex differences conflicting opinions within the early writings the recent writings a summary of the pedagogical writings pedagogy and psychology pedagogy and the medical profession warnings against the encouragement of excessive sex-differentiation in personality summary of the pedagogical and medical approach. (part contents)

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