Biology, Society, and Behavior - The Development of Sex Differences in Cognition

Applying current theory and research, this book links the development of sex differences in cognition to biological foundations, multiple social processes, and contextual factors. Areas covered include evolutionary biology, neuroscience, social roles, and cultural contextualism and the issues of the onset, causes, developmental trajectories, and patterns in children's and adolescents' thinking, problem-solving, academic performance, and social conditions that are related to behaviors in each of these areas.

An edited volume with chapters by leading scholars, this book is meant for use by graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of developmental cognitive and psychology, learning and socialization, biology, and education. Cognitive domains addressed include language and verbal abilities, mathematical and quantitative abilities, spatial abilities, and social cognition.

List of contents

Introduction
Foreword by Irving E. Seigel
Causes, Correlates, and Caveats: Understanding the Development of Sex Differences in Cognition by Diane F. Halpern and Simay Ikier
Explanatory Constructs
Sexual Selection and Sex Differences in Social Cognition by David C. Geary
Hormones, Brain, and Behavior: Putative Biological Contributions to Cognitive Sex Differences by Roslyn Holly Fitch and Heather A. Bimonte
Sex Differences in Motivation, Self-Concept, Career Aspiration, and Career Choice: Implications for Cognitive Development by Allan Wigfield, Ann Battle, Lisa Keller, and Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Domains of Human Cognition
Gender Differences in Language Development by Jean Berko Gleason and Richard Ely
Sex Differences in Mathematical Abilities and Achievement by Richard De Lisi and Ann V. McGillicuddy-De Lisi
Maximization of Spatial Competence: More Important than Finding the Cause of Sex Differences by Nora S. Newcombe, Lisa Mathason, and Melissa Terlecki
Children's Gender Cognitions, the Social Environment, and Sex Differences in Cognitive Domains by Carol Lynn Martin and Lisa M. Dinella
Summary and Conclusions
Emergent Themes in the Development of Sex Differences in Cognition by Ann V. McGillicuddy-De Lisi and Richard De Lisi
Index

Product details

• Authors: Unknown
• Assisted by: Richard De Lisi (Editor), Ann McGillicuddy-De Li (Editor), Richard De Lisi (Editor), Ann McGillicuddy-de Lisi (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2001
• EAN: 9781567506334
• ISBN: 978-1-56750-633-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 482 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Child & developmental psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Biology, life sciences, Social, group or collective psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Psychology: Developmental