Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Silent Treatment, Dyslexia, Relational Aggression

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Androcentrism - the belief that the male is the norm. Cognitive abilities: gender differences have not been found in overall intelligence. Mathematical: no longer gender differences in mathemticla performance, males have a more positive attitude toward math. Spatial abilities: males typically outperform females, they are consistently found to perform mental rotations of. Self-esteem: females typically score lower than males on tests of global self-esteem - difference is small. Sexual attitudes & behaviour: men are more likely to engage in sexual activity and tend to have more sexual partners, males are more likely than females to engage in casual sex, use pornography, and masturbate. Communication: men talk more than women, men do tend to interrupt women more than women interrupt men, when women have power in work or personal relationships they tend to interrupt more. The cerebral hemispheres are the right and left halves of the cerebrum, which is the convoluted outer layer of the brain.