Vivien Burr is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Huddersfield. Her previous publications include An Introduction to Social Constructionism (1995).

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• 1 Key issues and perspectives 2 Gender differences in personality 3 Education 4 Work and family 5 Representations and language 6 Gender and psychological research