Cognition and Sex Differences

ISBN-13: 9781403900173 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 296 str.

Colin Hamilton

Opis

This text explores a very popular and much-studied aspect of individual differences--sex differences--with particular emphasis on the way men and women think (human cognition). The book looks at perception, attention, memory, language and other cognitive domains, and how these differ between and within the two sexes.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

DR COLIN HAMILTON is Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK, and Open University Course Tutor on the Biology, Brain and Behaviours course.