PSY210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: 45 Years, Gender Role, Infant Mortality
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Always some overlap between these two terms; girls being more nurturing could be due to genetics or environment. Gender is often what you identify yourself as being. Typical sex/gender differences: anatomical, cognitive, social, role. Puberty earlier: boys tend to be better at gross-motor skills. Throwing a ball: possibly due to more muscle: girls tend to better at fine-motor skills. Brain laterization: extent to which brain function is organized across the two central hemispheres. Male hemispheres are more specialized (language, visuospatial abilities) Females have language centers on both side of brain: more likely to recover language abilities after things such as stroke. Brain connectivity: male brain most connected between front and back parts of same hemisphere; could account for better spatial and motor skills, females brain most connected side to side; could account for better verbal skills. Cognitive abilities: men are better at manipulating objects, constructing 3d forms, women tend to speak and write earlier.
