Psychology: Gender and culture

Essays: (type essays here) 1. Group differences in intelligence (2 points) Response: According to text, Males and females average the same in overall intelligence. There are, however, some small but intriguing gender differences in specific abilities. Girls are better spellers, more verbally fluent, better at locating objects, better at detecting emotions, and more sensitive to touch, taste, and color. Boys outperform girls at spatial ability and related mathematics, though girls outperform boys in math computations. Psychologists debate evolutionary, brain-based, and cultural explanations of such gender differences. As a group, White score higher than their Hispanic and Black counterparts, though the gap is not as it was half a century and more ago. The evidence suggests that environmental differences are largely, perhaps entirely responsible for these group differences. (Mayers 2010, pg.441) 2. Assessment of your coping strategies and strategies you could use (3 points) Response: After reading the text, I believe I use Problem-focused coping to cope with stress. According to the text, I think I should be able to integrate Aerobic exercise and Relaxation. Aerobics exercise will help to reduce depression and anxiety and it's also an alternative to antidepressant drugs and relaxation has proven to help lower rates of recurring heart attack. (Mayers 2010, pp.538-551)