Evoluionary explanation
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- Created on: 27-05-13 11:55
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- Evolutionary explanation
- Cognitive style
- Women are better at empathising as men are better at systemising.
- Baron-Cohen calls this the E.S. theory . This gender difference may be the result of a selection pressure for males.
- He suggests that males who were able to systemise with greater precision would have gained evolutionary advantage.
- Baron-Cohen calls this the E.S. theory . This gender difference may be the result of a selection pressure for males.
- Tend and befriend
- Women may be focused more on interpersonal concerns i.e. the relationships between people.
- Taylor et al proposed this may stem from the different challenges faced my men and women due to adaption.
- Ennis et al (AO2) conducted a natural experiment to test male- female differences in stress responses.
- A significant increase in males but decrease in females , males and females deal with stress in different ways.
- Ennis et al (AO2) conducted a natural experiment to test male- female differences in stress responses.
- Taylor et al proposed this may stem from the different challenges faced my men and women due to adaption.
- Women may be focused more on interpersonal concerns i.e. the relationships between people.
- Women are better at empathising as men are better at systemising.
- Cognitive style
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