Aspects of Women Psychology: An Overview

Abstract

Individual differences are the fundamental in psychological studies. Various reasons underpin for these individual differences. Gender is one such factor in individual differences. Gender is a social construct which widely influences human behavior. Psychology has studied distinct aspects of women’s life experiences. Present paper addresses the brief historical aspect of psychology of women. It is very interesting to look upon the development of this field and the shifting paradigms of thoughts from beginning to present modern era. Again, in various ways the recent advances had changed the direction of study in this field. These study trends have been briefly discussed in this review. Women psychology, as it gained wide interest of researchers also had unfolded different dimension of this field. Some aspects of women psychology such as, biological, social and health had been discussed in this paper. This review provides a simple and synthesizing view of the development of the field of women psychology. Additionally, it provides a few glimpses of the wide area of women psychology. This study will add in understanding of this field and a direction for future research.