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Problems and issues in research on gender differences

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Problems specific to the study of gender differences — terminology, conceptualization, commonsense beliefs, evaluation and objectivity — are considered before reviewing reports of differences in psychological and social behaviour. Exploration of the interrelation of individual psychological and social variables is followed by reflection on the nature of an adequate theory of gender differentiation.

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Lloyd, B.B., Archer, J. Problems and issues in research on gender differences. Current Psychological Reviews 1, 287–304 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02684490

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