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Gavey, Nicola – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1989
Discusses the potential value of feminist poststructuralism to feminist psychologists seeking more satisfactory ways of theorizing gender and subjectivity. Explores the following concepts related to this theoretical perspective: (1) approaches to knowledge; (2) language; (3) discourse; (4) subjectivity; and (5) experience as text. Presents an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Modes, Epistemology, Females
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Marecek, Jeanne – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1989
Introduces the topic of feminist psychology. Reviews relevant literature regarding bias against women in past research, and discusses each article in the issue. Identifies the common issue of all articles as epistemology: what we can know, how we know, and how the knowledge we have relates to who we are. (JS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Epistemology, Experimenter Characteristics, Females
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Peplau, Letitia Anne; Conrad, Eva – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1989
Discusses the features of feminist research in psychology. Evaluates proposals for distinctively feminist research methods. Refutes suggestions that experimentation and quantitative research are inherently less feminist than other approaches. Rejects criteria based on sex of participant or researcher. Concludes that any research method can be…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Experimenter Characteristics, Females, Feminism