PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Information Processing, Stereotype, Prenatal Care
18 Apr 2013
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Behaviour, value, or motive a society considers more appropriate for a specific sex. Social prescription, usually directed toward females, that one should be cooperative, kind, nurturnant, and sensitive to the needs of others. Social prescription, usually directed towards males, that one should be dominant, independent, assertive, competitive, and goal oriented. Display verbal advantage son tests of reading comprehension and speech fluency. Females outscore males on math tests that require verbal strategies. Boys outperform girls on tests of visual spatial abilities (cid:0) Mental rotation (cid:0)asked to choose responses that show the standard in different orientation (cid:0) Spatial perception (cid:0)subjects asked to pick the tilted bottle that has horizontal water line. In adolescence boys show advantage over girls on tests of arithmetic reasoning. Boys have more problem solving skills beat girls in geometry and math section of sat. Male advantage apparent among math high achievers (cid:0) More males than females exceptionally talented in math.
