BG-41449

BG-41449


 * Part 1**

Test #1 by Marcia Collaer; Test #3 by Professor Baron Cohen at Cambridge; Test #6 by Michael Peters


 * Part 2 (My results)**

Test 1:8-20; 8-20; Test #2: left side of my brain is dominant; Test#3: 14-20 empathising score/ the ability to read and respond to other's emotions. 5-20 systemising score/ how much I enjoy exploring the intricates of systems. also matched 7 out moods out of 10 Test#4: some how i messed this test up and got no score. Test #5: I prefer masculine faces. Test#6: 6 out 12; 4 words with grey and 2 words with happy


 * Part 3**

The brain gender test was interesting; but some of the tests were a bit confusing to me. Due to some of the questions being confusing, I do not think that this test can be accurate. While trying to get an understanding of some of the questions, I got started behind the alotted time, as it was timed, on answering the questions. Some tests were straight and to the point, but others you did have to figure out what they were looking for from you. Some tests did reveal some new things about me. Still I can not say if I believe it though. Other questions revealed some things that I already knew about myself. When it comes to gender, I have encountered some things with the opposite genders that would cause me to agree with those findings.

For instances, test #2 noted that women tend to perform better at noticing details of their environment and spot changes. This I can agree with, because it happens all the time. Test #3 stated that women are said to out perform men here due to being more sensitive to facial. Women were generally better at discerning someone's mood. Those were just a few that related to me in relation to differences.

I do believe that there are gender differences and that there are cases where they are alike. I think that a lot of things are determined individually. According to my gender test, I do not think every test was able to determine the exact results from me. Altogether, I do believe it was informational for the determination given.


 * Part 4**

Read articles/ Weighed the Critcisms


 * Part 5 **

Errors given in Scientific America: 1) "gender" and "sex" are used interchangeably 2) evolved differences in men and women are not being measured. 3) relevant biological and antropological datasets are ignored

Mistakes to watch out for as stated by Slate 1) Ideology recognized that sex differences research could be abused to justify sexism 2) monocausality: Beware of any explanation that relies on a single factor. Hormones matter/ but so does socialization 3)Casual extrapolition: the problem with genetic or cultural theories of sex differences is not that they are false. It's that they are limited. 4) Self-fulfillment-showing women perform worse at mental rotation when they are told men are better at it. 5) Sterotypes: like girls differ from boys, but girls also differ from other girls. 6) Either/or: no sex differences in K-12 scores 7) Easy to scan and measure brains and compute sex differences in size and activity. Hard part is figuring out what these differences mean. 8)Inferred immitability: before attributing sex differences in behavior or success to evolution, check the record. 9)Data pooling: Beware broad generalizations based on the blending of data about various traits or activities. 10) Comparion games: you can make a difference look big or small by choosing the basis of comparison.

From the errors and mistakes generally made as specified by Slate and Scientific America can be a problem in assessment because of so many reasons. Facts were given that can be proof of differences stated. Also a lot of opinions were made about genders being alike but different.

The assessment needs to be either factual altogether or based on opinion and what they think. It needs to clarify if the determination was suppose to be gender differences or determination of meaning of the words "sex" or "gender". It was hard to determine while reading, what the article was talking about.

Scientific America talked about how sex and gender was not the same thing. Sex being the biological state that is measured via chromosomal content and a variety of physiological and developmental measures. And gender is the role, expectations and perceptions that a given society has for the sexes. Says that we are born with a sex, but we acquire gender. I dont think that the title of the article supported everything that was written in it.

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