gender differences

greenspun.com : LUSENET : History & Theory of Psychology : One Thread

I was wondering if there was any information about: the difference in the way male and females think(mostly teens but it doesn't really mattter). I am doing a research paper on that topic and was wondering if you had any information for me or if you knew of where i could get some information. Thank you, Ashley Kooyers San Diego, Ca

-- Ashley Kooyers (dumblonde172@cs.com), February 26, 2003

Answers

Carol Gilligan's books address that topic. You'll also find relevant articles in the journal Psychology of Women Quarterly, which is published by the Society for the Psychology of Women, and in textbooks on the psychology of gender. You might ask your college librarian to help you locate the good sources, many of which are also posted on the internet.

-- Hendrika Vande Kemp (hendrika@earthlink.net), February 26, 2003.

Hi Ashley, well first you have to establish if indeed teens can think, or cognate as we say in the business. I see you are drawn to hot topics. In psychology, this is what is called a gender issue. People in the psychology profession have to have special words for things, and the catch words for what you want to do your research on is: gender issues in cognition. Believe me, I'm trying to make this simpler for you. So you want to go to good library, and see if you can find a reference libraian who will help you. And then tell the libraian that you are investigating gender differences in cognitions in adolesents (you have to call teens adolesents to be professional).

That's the easy part. You will find that there has been a lot written on this topic, all of it controversial. A common difference that is written about is boys do better on math tests. A difference that is written up less is girls do better on language tests. Maybe you could begin with this?

Good luck. David

-- david clark (doclark@yorku.ca), March 05, 2003.


Moderation questions? read the FAQ