Gender differences and Psychology

Both year 12 and year 13 are looking at gender difference this week. What do you think are the significant differences between men and woman? Are they genetic or caused by conditioning? Can we ignore gender or must we take it into account?

The link below is about how men and women cope differently with stress. It has a beta bias as it recognises clear differences in men and women.

http://www.psychadvisor.com/inthenews/viewart.cfm?ItemID=4

The articles below are all about gender differences and psychology (more for year 13 although very interesting reading for all of you)

http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-2832.html
http://www.psychologymatters.org/nodifference.html
http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/05/gender-differences-in-reading-nonverbal.php
http://www.virtualpsychology.co.uk/GenderBiasinPsychologicalResearch.pdf
http://psychcentral.com/news/2006/12/29/male-gender-bias-in-psychology-research-continues/

These all make interesting reading and should widen your understanding of gender bias in Psychology