Monkey toy preference

Question 1

Psychology being investigated

Answer 1

Sex differences- Are the ways that males and females differ that are caused directly by sex, including both pysical and behavioral.
Brains and hormones-
Brain: how language functions are localized in areas of the LEFT HEMISPHERE (men) and BILATERAL (woman).
Hormones- testosterone for men and oestrogen for woman.
Socialization- the process of learning to behave in a socially acceptable way. This may differs due to sex and cultural differences.
Gender stereotype: toys and play
toys can be described ans “male” or “female”, as well when you play.

Question 2

Background

Answer 2

This study described an important finding that prenatal hormonal exposure of human infants (the hormones that they are exposed to during gestation) affect toy preferences.
Some girls have an increase of adrogens (male hormones).

It would be unethical to expose developing human fetus or children to hormones or to remove key factors from a children environment to control their experience.
Model: higher primates closely related to humans genetically, and with similar behaviors, that can provide a model to study

Question 3

Aim

Answer 3

1.To investigate whether toy preference in monkeys resemble those in children.
2.To test whether sex differences in toy choices is biologically determined by sex.

Question 4

Research method and design

Answer 4

Field experiment- the environment in which the participants were was their normal one, out door housing area + they were free to interact with the toys or not.
Independent measures design- the IV was gender, and the participants recorded were either male or female.