PSYC 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Bigger, Stronger, Faster*, Secondary Sex Characteristic, Spatial Ability
31 May 2019
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13. 2 differences in physical development and behavior. Obvious differences in primary and secondary sexual characteristics. Boys are bigger, stronger, faster, and more active. No differences in gross-motor skills such as running, throwing, & catching. When body size & composition is less important. Girls are healthier and better on tasks requiring fine-motor coordination. Girls spend less time in sports & fitness related activities depriving them of opportunities to practise. 13. 2 differences in intellectual abilities and achievement. Girls excel at reading, spelling, and writing, and are less likely to have language-related difficulties. Mothers tend to talk more to girls than boys. Visual spatial ability -the ability to mentally manipulate 2-dimensional and. No gender differences in some other measures. Form board test which requires one to determine which combination of small shapes will fill the larger shape completely without overlapping. Spatial memory: females tend to have better memory for spatial locations of objects.
