gender differences. males are like waffles? females and spaghetti?
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Gender in development
differences from the start…
• XX vs. XY
• girls = healthier and hardier at birth
• girls = more “verbal”
• boys = more “active”
Gender in development
cognitive gender development…Children first understand gender, then identify with
it (cute/embarrassing stories)
• Constancy age 3- identify, age 4- stability, age 5- constancy
• Stereotypesage 2- clothes, 3- toys, 4- colors, 5-behavioral traits
Gender in development
psychological differences…(Maccoby & Jacklin, reviewed over 1500 studies)
• Girls = more verbal
• Boys = better spatial abilities
• Boys = better at arithmetic reasoning involving spatial skills
• Boys = show greater physical and verbal aggression
Gender in development
also:
• Boys may be more active, explorative
• Boys may engage in more rough play
• Girls may be more responsive to infants
• Girls may be less demanding and more compliant to parents
Females Males
•Left brain
•Linguistic & logical
•Holistic thinking
•Emotionally intelligent
•Relate to people
•Emphasis on communication
•Theorists & Reflectors
•"Assimilators"
•(abstract reflectors)
•Thinks first - then does
•Sequential method
•Reflective thinker
• Right brain
• Visual-spatial & creative
• Specialized thinking
• Problem-solvers
• Relate to things
• Emphasis on action
• Activists & pragmatists
• "Accommodators"
• (concrete activists)
• Does first - then thinks
• Trial and error method
• Speculative thinker
Females Males
• Novels
• Romantic fiction
• "Presentation is everything“
• Co-operative
• Listening
• Discussion
• Writing
• Lengthy assignments
• Action books
• Practical information
• Will do what's necessary
• Independent
• Brainstorm
• Role-play
• Practical investigation
• Information technology