Psychology 104: Psychology of Gender
Spring, 2010
Section: #5047 / #5048 (Honors)
Instructor: John Barnett Bryan II, M.A..
Class site: Temecula Learning Complex
Class hours: Wednesday (7:00 – 9:50pm)
Office hours: None
Phone: 951-551-7907
Email: Jbryan@msjc.edu
Class Website: http://www.msjc.edu/apps/comm.asp?Q=334
COURSE OBJECTIVES / COURSE CONTENT:
This course is designed to introduce students to
traditional and contemporary psychological theory and
research in relation to the impact that gender has on
women’s and men’s thought processes, behaviors, and
emotions in different social contexts. The topics
covered in this course address gender issues at both the
individual and the social context level. Some of the
topics covered in this course are gender role
development and stereotypes, sex, differences in
cognitive ability, aggression, mental health and family
roles. The aim of this course is to promote the
intellectual and personal development of students by
broadening their understanding of the fundamental
aspects of gender identity.
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Describe and analyze the scientific study of both sex and gender.
Explain the historical landmarks in the development of modern gender theories.
Examine the role that social construction plays in thinking about sex and gender.
Examine social learning, cognitive, psychodynamic, psychobiological and socio-cultural theories of gender.
Distinguish and evaluate experimental research methods that are adopted to study sex and gender, and the APA
ethical guidelines involved in conducting research with humans and animals.
6. Appreciate the diverse careers in Gender Psychology (i.e. Division 51, Division 35).
7. Examine and complete activities from the growing field of Gender Psychology.
GRADING (1,000 POINTS):
-EXAMS (300 POINTS) (LATE EXAMS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!!)
(Dates: 2.24.10 / 4.7.10 / 5.19.10)
-QUIZZES (200 POINTS)
-DISCUSSION PANELS (200 POINTS)
-ACTIVITIES (300 POINTS):
A) Assignments from the text (100 POINTS)
B) Gender experiment / Research paper (100 POINTS)
-80% Reliable and Valid research design
-20% Presentation
(Due: 4/28/10)
C) Gender Movie Review (100 POINTS)
GRADING SCALE:
A
B
C
D
F
100%
89.4%
79.4%
69.4%
59.4%
89.5%
79.5%
69.5%
59.5%
0%
REQUIRED TEXT:
Gender: Crossing Boundaries, 1st Edition
Grace Galliano- Kennesaw State University
ISBN-10: 053435582X
ISBN-13: 9780534355821
440 Pages Paperbound © 2003
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT:
The instructor will be lecturing, asking and taking
questions, and facilitating activities, and discussion in
class. Class will start and end on time. If you arrive
late, or must leave early, please do so discretely, so as
not to disrupt the class. Enter the back door, and find
the first available seat. Sit near the door if you must
leave early. Please turn off your cell phone, and do not
text message during class.
STUDENT CONDUCT:
The Mt. San Jacinto College Student Code of Conduct
will be enforced. Plagiarism (presenting someone else’s
ideas as your own, see msjc.edu) or cheating will not be
tolerated. If you plagiarize or cheat, I reserve the right,
at my option, to lower your grade in the class.
Plagiarism or cheating is not worth it.
ACADEMIC SUPPORT:
I will try to accommodate any reasonable requests from
every student who has a specific need in my class.
Please contact me if there is any specific need that you
would like me to address. Mt. San Jacinto College has
an excellent Disabled Student Program and Services
(DSPS) program.
"Mt. San Jacinto College abides by the American with
Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 that prohibits federal and state agencies or
programs from discriminating against qualified
individuals with disabilities. Students in this course
who have a documented disability, that limits a major
life activity which may have some impact on your work
in this class and for which you may require
accommodations should meet with a counselor in
Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSP&S) as
soon as possible.
“Academic Support is available for all
students through the services provided in
each campus Learning Resources
Centers. Inquire at each center regarding
hours of operations and specific subjects
for which tutors are available. In
addition, some subject area specialist
tutors are available for courses through
specific
departments.
Ask
your
instructor if specialized tutors are
available for your individual course.”
TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE
The only reading that is required is the Grace Galliano (*G.G.) references:
Date
Topic
Assignment
1.27.10
#1) Introduction
Website / syllabus / introductions
ANNUAL EDITIONS (P. 2, 6)
*G.G. (CH. 1)
H.L. (CH. 4)
D.A. & A.L. (CH. 1, 8)
E.D. (CH. 11, 25)
R.F.R (CH. 18, 28, 120)
T.0. (CH. 9, 10, 14, 64)
A.E., A.E.B., & R.J.S. (CH. 4, 8, 9)
2.3.10
#2) Sex and Gender
H.L. (CH. 5; FIG. 5.2)
A.E., A.E.B., & R.J.S. (CH. 1, 2, 3)
ANNUAL EDITIONS (P. 48)
*G.G. (CH. 4)
D.A. & A.L. (CH. 3)
BERGER (CH. 3)
L.B. (CH. 1)
2.10.10
#3) Gender: A
Psychological History
The Ancient World / Modern Gender Issues
----------------------ANNUAL EDITIONS (P. 18)
---------------------Mary Whiton Calkins / Christine Ladd-Franklin /
Margaret Floy Washburn / Mary Cover Jones / Inez
Beverly Prosser / Mamie Phipps Clark / Karen Horney
/ Virginia Johnson / Eleanor Maccoby / Elizabeth
Loftus /
-------------------
2.17.10
#4) Gender Roles /
Stereotypes /
Relationships
ANNUAL EDITIONS (P. 94, 177)
H.L. (CH. 1)
D.A. & A.L. (CH. 5)
*G.G. (CH. 6)
2.24.10
#5) Research Methods /
Grand Theories
*G.G. (CH. 2 / CH. 3)
H.L. (CH. 2, 3)
3.3.10
#6) Research Methods /
Grand Theories (Part 2)
D.A. & A.L. (CH. 2)
A.E., A.E.B., & R.J.S. (CH. 5, 7, 12)
3.10.10
#7) Gender Development
*G.G. (CH. 5)
H.L. (CH. 10)
D.A. & A.L. (CH. 6)
3.17.10
#8) Gender Development
(Part 2)
ANNUAL EDITIONS (P. 44)
3.24.10
#9) Gender and culture
D.A. & A.L. (CH. 4)
A.E., A.E.B., & R.J.S. (CH. 13)
*G.G. (CH. 7, 200)
3.31.10
#10) Gender and
ANNUAL EDITIONS (P. 3)
Feminism
4.7.10
#11) Gender and power
*G.G. (CH. 14)
H.L. (CH. 12)
E.D. (CH. 10)
R.F.R (CH. 20, 80)
A.E., A.E.B., & R.J.S. (CH. 10, 11)
4.14.10
#12) Gender and
education
*G.G. (CH. 9)
ANNUAL EDITIONS (P. 72, 75, 79)
D.A. & A.L. (CH. 9)
E.D. (CH. 42, 43)
T.0. (CH. 21)
4.21.10
#13) Gender and work
*G.G. (CH. 10)
ANNUAL EDITIONS (P. 84, 107)
H.L. (CH. 13)
E.D. (CH. 47)
T.0. (CH. 28)
4.28.10
#14) Gender and human
sexuality / Reproduction
*G.G. (CH. 8)
ANNUAL EDITIONS (P. 24, 165, 172, 196)
H.L. (CH. 7, 8)
D.A. & A.L. (CH. 7)
E.D. (CH. 30)
L.B. (CH. 4, 5)
R.F.R (CH. 73)
A.E., A.E.B., & R.J.S. (CH. 14)
5.5.10
#15) Health Issues:
Physical and Mental
*G.G. (CH. 11 / CH. 12)
ANNUAL EDITIONS (P. 24, 129)
H.L. (CH. 9)
D.A. & A.L. (CH. 13, 14)
E.D. (CH. 63)
5.12.10
#16) Gender: Law, Crime
and violence
ANNUAL EDITIONS (P. 90, 215, 222, 230)
H.L. (CH. 14)
E.D. (CH. 45)
E.D. (CH. 54)
K.E. & J.J. (CH. 2.4, 3.3, 4.3)
R.F.R (CH. 113)
T.0. (CH. 43)
5.19.10
#17) Male & Female:
Strengths and Abilities
H.L. (CH. 6)
5.26.10
#18) Gender and media
*G.G. (CH. 13)
ANNUAL EDITIONS (P. 97)
R.F.R (CH. 74) / T.0. (CH. 35)
TEXTS SUPPORTING THE COURSE SCHEDULE
1) Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Gender (Paperback)
Jacquelyn W. White
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin; 4 edition (March 6, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0073515299
ISBN-13: 978-0073515298
2) Annual Editions: Gender 10/11 (Paperback)
Bobby Hutchison
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin; 1 edition (September 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0078050529
ISBN-13: 978-0078050527
3) The Psychology of Gender, Second Edition (Paperback)
Alice H. Eagly / Anne E. Beall / Robert J. Sternberg
Paperback: 358 pages
Publisher: The Guilford Press; Second Edition edition (August 19, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1593852444
ISBN-13: 978-1593852443
4) The Female Brain (Paperback)
Louann Brizendine
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Broadway (August 7, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0767920104
ISBN-13: 978-0767920100
5) Reconstructing Gender: A Multicultural Anthology (Paperback)
Estelle Disch
Paperback: 701 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 5 edition (January 4, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0073380067
ISBN-13: 978-0073380063
6) Gender and Crime: A Reader (Readings in Criminology and Criminal Justice) (Paperback)
Karen Evans / Janet Jamieson
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Open University Press; 1 edition (July 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0335225233
ISBN-13: 978-0335225231
7) Experiencing Race, Class, and Gender in the United States (Paperback)
Roberta Fiske-Rusciano
Paperback: 576 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 5 edition (July 30, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0073528145
ISBN-13: 978-0073528144
8) The Social Construction of Difference and Inequality: Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality (Paperback)
Tracy E. Ore
Paperback: 816 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 4 edition (February 25, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0073380083
ISBN-13: 978-0073380087
9) Sex & Gender (Paperback)
Hilary Lips
Paperback: 696 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 6 edition (July 23, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0073405531
ISBN-13: 978-0073405537
10) Questions of Gender: Perspectives and Paradoxes (Paperback)
Dina L. Anselmi / Anne L. Law
Paperback: 800 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 1 edition (December 1, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0070060177
ISBN-13: 978-0070060173