Format:
1 Online-Ressource (296 pages)
ISBN:
9781350492493
Content:
This text provides a fascinating approach to the widely studied area of individual differences and in particular sex differences. The book looks at perception, attention, memory, language and other cognitive domains, with each chapter outlining the processes involved before explaining the relationship between each sex and cognitive performance
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Preface Rationale, Issues and Overview Sex Differences in Sensory and Perceptual Processes Attention and Memory Imagery Intelligence and Educational Achievement Individual Differences Associated with Gender Hormonal Influences Individual Differences Associated with Lifespan Development Evolution, Brain and Cognition The Importance of Socio-Cultural Environment An Interactionist Approach Synthesis.
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6. Individual Differences Associated with GenderAim and Overview; The Conceptualization and Operationalization of Gender; The Measurement of Self-Perceived Gender Characteristics; Empirical Observation of Gender and Cognition; Issues in the Gender and Cognition Research; Conclusions; 7. Hormonal Influences; Aim and Overview; Theoretical Frames; Methodologies; Research Findings; Conclusions; Research to Do; 8. Individual Differences Associated with Lifespan Development; Aim and Overview; Theoretical Frameworks; Hormonal Influences; Speed of Processing Accounts; Neural Development.
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Cognitive Development in Children and AdolescentsCognitive Development in Adulthood; Conclusions; Part IV: Theoretical Frameworks; 9. Evolution, Brain and Cognition; Aim and Overview; Evolutionary Psychology; Sex Differences in Neuroanatomy and Functional Architecture; Conclusions; 10. The Importance of the Socio-Cultural Environment; Aim and Overview; Theoretical Explanations of the Socialization Processes in Women and Men; Socio-Cultural Influences in Cognitive Task Performance; The Importance of Differential Experiences for Cognition; Conclusions; 11. An Interactionist Approach.
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Other SensesConclusions; Research to Do; 3. Attention and Memory; Aim and Overview; Attention; Sex Differences in Attention; Working Memory Models; Working Memory, Perception and Spatial Ability; Sex Differences in Working Memory; Sex Differences in Visuospatial Working Memory; Sex Differences in Verbal Working Memory; Sex Differences in Long-Term Memory; Neuropsychological Research in Memory; Social Cognition, Anxiety and Working Memory Task Performance; Conclusions; Research to Do; 4. Imagery; Aim and Overview; Imagery; Sex Differences in Imagery; Issues in the Mental Rotation Literature.
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Performance FactorsStrategy Deployment; Hemispheric Contribution to Mental Rotation Task Performance; Conclusions; Research to Do; 5. Intelligence and Educational Achievement; Aim and Overview; The Nature of Intelligence and Its Measurement; Sex Differences in Intelligence Test Performance; Sex Differences in Scholastic Achievement; The Education Process as a Socio-Cultural Agent; The Educational Achievement of Girls and Boys; Women and Men in Higher Education; Sex Differences in Higher Education Achievement; Conclusions; Part III: Within-Sex Differences Research Findings.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137019677
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350312173
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781403900173
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781403900180
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1403900175
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 1403900175
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781403900173
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-137-01967-7
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