Janis S. Bohan

Psychology and Sexual Orientation (eBook, PDF)

Coming to Terms

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In recent years, numerous events have drawn attention to the place of gay, lesbian and bisexual people in society. Consider the litany: electoral initiatives to restrict "gay-rights; " contentious discussions about accepting gays in the military; incidents of appalling violence against lesbian, bisexual and gay individuals; court cases where the parental rights of lesbians and gays have been contested.
"Psychology and Sexual Orientation" strives to "come to terms" with lesbian, gay and bisexual life and with the controversial scientific and sociocultural theories and arguments on the origin and meaning of homosexuality and queer life in the US. Janis Bohan disrupts conventional psychological perspectives on queer life and identity and animates the on-going debate (still fresh among psychologists) between essentialism and constructionism.
Bohan discusses the meaning of sexual orientation; lesbian, gay and bisexual identity development and stigma management; diversity in experiences; partners and parenting; and lesbian, gay and bisexual communities. Writing in a language and style that will appeal to both the professional and lay readers, Bohan is an essential voice in the ongoing debate on the construction of sexual orientation and identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 1996
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135235888
• Artikelnr.: 54536762

Autorenporträt

Janis Bohan is Professor of Psychology at Metropolitan State College, Denver. She is the editor of Seldom Seen, Rarely Heard: Women's Place in Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

An Interdisciplinary View of Memory
A New Approach to Viewing Memory
Zones of Convergence Between Different Sciences
Why Other Animals Lack Autobiographical Memory
Development of Autobiographical Memory and the Brain
Interdependent Development of Memory and Other Cognitive and Emotional Functions
Autobiographical Memory: A Lifelong Developmental Task
Development of Learning and Memory: The Prenatal Period and the First Months of Life
The First Quantum Leap in Memory Development: The Nine Months' Revolution
The Second Quantum Leap in Memory Development: Language. Exploring Autobiographical Memory in Young Children
Autobiographical Memory: A Continuity in Transformation
The Age at Which Memory Occurs: Results of an Interdisciplinary Research Project on Remembering and Memory
A Formative Theory of Memory Development
Memory at Advanced Ages
Autobiographical Memory: A Biocultural Relay Between the Individual and the Environment