Toward a Feminist Developmental Psychology

Patricia H. Miller is Professor of Psychology and an affiliate member in Women's Studies at the University of Florida. She is the author of Theories of DevelopmentalPsychology and co-author of Cognitive Development andConceptual Development: Piaget's LegacyEllinKofsky Scholnick is Professor of Psychology and Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at the University of Maryland at College Park. She is a co-author of The DevelopmentalPsychology of Planning: Why, How, and When Do We Plan?,Blueprints for Thinking: The Role of Planning inCognitive Development, and Conceptual Development:Piaget's Legacy.

"A sparkling set of essays at the confluence of developmental psychology and feminist theory. This sophisticated collection bubbles over with provocative and vigorously argued ideas, novel questions, and innovative modes of inquiry. It's a gem." -- Jeanne Maracek, Professor of Psychology and Coordinator of the Women's Studies Program at Swarthmore College"Miller and Scholnick's book is cause for celebration: at long last, a feminist perspective on developmental psychology. The ideas presented in this book transform the study of sex differences." -- Peggy Miller, Professor of Psychology and Speech Communication at the University of Illinois"Toward a Feminist Developmental Psychology combines critical analysis with generative, positive frameworks for improving both theory and practice." -- Erica Burman, Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at The Manchester Metropolitan University

• I. Feminist Perspectives and Developmental Psychology:What are the Issues?1. Introduction: Beyond Gender as a VariablePatricia H. Miller and Ellin KofskyScholnick2. Feminist Theories: Implications for Developmental PsychologySue V. Rosser and Patricia H.Miller3. Engendering Development: Metaphors of ChangeEllin Kofsky ScholnickII. CognitiveDevelopment: Embedded, Connected, and Situated4. The Development of Interconnected ThinkingPatricia H.Miller5. Entering a Community of Minds: "Theory of Mind" from a Feminist StandpointKatherine Nelson,Sarah Henseler, and Daniela Plesa6. Accuracy, Authority, and Voice: Feminist Perspectives on Autobiographical MemoryRobyn Fivush7. A Feminist Perspective on the Devlopment of Self-KnowledgeMelissa K. Welch-RossIII.Revisioning Social and Cognitive Development8. The Social Construction and Socialization of Gender during DevelopmentCampbell Leaper9. Toward a Gender-Balanced Approach to the Study of Social-Emotional Development: A Look at Relational AggressionNicki R.Crick and Amanda J. Rose10. Gender Essentialism in Cognitive DevelopmentSusan A. Gelman and Marianne G.Taylor11. Positionality and Thought: On the Gendered Foundations of Thought, Culture, and DevelopmentRachel Joffe Falmagne12. Naming, Naturalizing, Normalizing: "The Child" as Fact and ArtifactLorraine CodeIV. The Other Half of thePartnership: Developmental Psychology Can InformFeminism13. Engendering Development - Developing Feminism: Defining the PartnershipEllin KofskyScholnick and Patricia H. Miller