SEX DIFFERENCES IN COGNITIVE STYLES: SOCIALIZATION AND CONSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES

Sex differences in attachment styles.

Sex differences in attachment styles have been found in adulthood, emerge as early as middle childhood, and can be sizable when described at the appropriate level of analysis. However, they have received relatively little attention in mainstream attachment research. Here I review the evidence of sex differences in attachment, including what is currently known about developmental patterns and cr...

Two Views of Sex Differences in Socialization

Sex and sexual orientation differences in empathizing-systemizing cognitive styles in China

a r t i c l e i n f o The present study examined sex and sexual orientation differences in empathizing–systemizing (E–S) in a Chinese sample of 239 heterosexual men, 266 heterosexual women, 492 gay men, and 430 lesbian women recruited via the Internet. Empathizing and systemizing were assessed using two different abbreviated 8-item scales derived from longer original scales. There was a signifi...

The predictive power of socialization variables for thinking styles among adults in the workplace ¬リニ

The present study examines the predictive power of socialization variables for thinking styles among adults in the workplace. One hundred and seventeen managerial personnel (aged between 18 and 55 years) in England responded to the Thinking Styles Inventory—Revised based on Sternberg's theory of mental self-government and to questions concerning two groups of socialization variables: overt and ...

Empathizing-systemizing cognitive styles: Effects of sex and academic degree

This study tests if the drives to empathize (E) and systemize (S), measured by the Systemizing Quotient-Revised (SQ-R) and Empathy Quotient (EQ), show effects of sex and academic degree. The responses of 419 students from the Humanities and the Physical Sciences were analyzed in terms of the E-S theory predictions. Results confirm that there is an interaction between sex, degree and the drive t...