L12 The Blank Slate & The Current Crisis

Question 1

What are six differences between Men and Women that Eric covered in his lecture on Pinker?

Answer 1

1) Men prioritise status over family: women balance the two.

2) Women are more interested in people and Men
are more interested in things

3) Men take more risks.
4) 4. Men are better at 3-Dimensional rotations

5) After puberty, men are better at mathematical
reasoning.

6) Men have greater variance on relevant traits
than do women.

Question 2

Pinker says there are 10 types of evidence that suggest that biology contributes to sex differences.

What are they?
(Might be too big?)

Answer 2

1) Biological differences between boys are girls.
2) Biological differences are universal.
3) Biological differences have not changed much over the last century
4) Many of these differences are evident in other mammals
5) Differences develop early in life
6) Case studies give examples where boys brought up as girls did not work.
7) Less differences in how boys and girls are actually treated.
8) Prenatal sex hormones
9) Circulating hormones
10) Imprinted X chromosomes