ISS 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

• School: MSU
• Department: Integrative Studies in Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
• Course: ISS 215
• Professor: J. Cesario

Document Summary

When children aren"t pushed to do one thing, you see segregation in terms of occupation (more options per women) Differences in interest, ability, preference for part-time work and dangerous work . Where do these differences come from (there is more than one reason/origin for why men and women choose different work) Evolutionary pressures (it"s not the case that genes don"t matter!) The nature vs nurture debate isn"t a debate. In all cases, nature and nurture play a role. In some cases, one might be more dominant. Nature alone can"t do anything, nurture alone can"t do anything. Origins of sex differences in quantitative & visuospatial ability (review) In classroom experience, women outperform men in everything. Sex differences maintained after 38 biweekly math enrichment interventions. Intellectually-gifted students before 2nd grade: boys have stronger math reasoning skills (this is before advanced/remedial classes) Training can reduce sex difference for visuospatial ability. Origins of sex differences in people vs things interest.