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Title:

Why aren't more women in science? : top researchers debate the evidence / edited by Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

American Psychological Association,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xx, 254 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Women in science.
Sex discrimination in science.

Other Authors:

Ceci, Stephen J.
Williams, Wendy M. (Wendy Melissa), 1960-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Introduction : Are we moving closer and closer apart? : shared evidence leads to conflicting views / Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams. Women at the top in science and elsewhere / Virginia Valian -- "Underrepresentation" or misrepresentation? / Doreen Kimura -- Is math a gift? : beliefs that put females at risk / Carol S. Dweck -- Sex, math, and science / Elizabeth S. Spelke and Ariel D. Grace -- Taking science seriously : straight thinking about spatial sex differences / Nora S. Newcombe -- Sex differences in personal attributes for the development of scientific expertise / David S. Lubinski and Camilla Persson Benbow -- Do sex differences in cognition cause the shortage of women in science? / Melissa Hines -- Brains, bias, and biology : follow the data / Richard J. Haier -- Science, sex, and good sense : why women are underrepresented in some areas of science and math / Diane F. Halpern -- Women in science : gender similarities in abilities and sociocultural forces / Janet Shibley Hyde -- The seeds of career choices : prenatal sex hormone effects on psychological sex differences / Sheri A. Berenbaum and Susan Resnick -- Sex differences in mind : keeping science distinct from social policy / Simon Baron-Cohen -- An evolutionary perspective on sex differences in mathematics and the sciences / David C. Geary -- Neural substrates for sex differences in cognition / Ruben C. Gur and Raquel E. Gur -- Where are all the women? : gender differences in participation in physical science and engineering / Jacquelynne S. Eccles -- Are we moving closer and closer apart? : shared evidence leads to conflicting views / Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams.

ISBN:

9781591474852
159147485X

LCCN:

2006025963

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)