PS287 Lecture 4: Sex Related Comparisons- Observations
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Men and women are far more similar than different. Why do men and women seem so different: differences are more provocative than the similarities, we look for information that confirms our stereotypes (confirmatory hypothesis testing) When a difference is observed (men > women, women > men), it is often understood to mean all men > women or all women > men. In reality, a significance difference can be found even when most scores overlap. Worked with thorndike and wanted to disprove sexist views of women: did phd proving that women(cid:495)s intellects didn(cid:495)t change with their, published (cid:498)variable as related to sex differences in achievement: a. Critique(cid:499) in (cid:883)9(cid:883)(cid:882: showed that differences once viewed as (cid:494)huge(cid:495) before were really not very significant. Maccoby and jacklin"s (cid:523)19(cid:889)4(cid:524) psychology of sex differences. First comprehensive review concluded that only four domains showed sex differences: verbal ability (girls, visual-spatial ability, mathematical ability, aggression (boys)
