PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Y Chromosome, Xyy Syndrome

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3480
• Professor: Noreen Stuckless

Document Summary

Cognitive abilities: evidence based on biological explanations (nature or nurture), social explanations (learning), some interactions, certain cognitive abilities that show no consistent gender di erences. Mathematics = studies give mixed messages = there is a tiny di . over all. Spatial skills = boys seem a tiny bit better until w catch up > occupation such as engineering/pilots. A predisposition > with training, di . can disappear. >hormones = female vs. male hormone, does it in uence cognition. >brain organization = believing info. was only on one speci c side = lateralization: turner"s syndrome: missing or broken x in the genetics. People expect him to be aggressive due to his size, he was socially excluded = less experience/ exploration = lower intelligence. > rst test done in a prison = in that group, had lower intelligence > generalized this information: social explanations: Training + experience = learning cognition = higher scores.