Psychologists at the End of the 19th Century Attempted to Make

question 54

Multiple Choice

Psychologists at the end of the 19th century attempted to make a scientific case for women's intellectual inferiority based upon what questionable assumption?

• A) The mass and volume of the brain reflects differences in intelligence.
• B) Testosterone is linked to neural development.
• C) Emotions interfere with abstract reasoning and logical deduction.
• D) That there is more variance in men's intelligence, leading to higher proportions of men in the tale ends of the distribution.

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Definitions:

Leptin

A hormone produced by adipose (fat) cells that regulates energy balance by inhibiting hunger, which in turn diminishes fat storage in adipocytes.

Regulating Appetite

Regulating Appetite involves physiological and psychological mechanisms that control food intake, influenced by factors such as hormonal signals, presence of food, and learned behaviors.

Predominantly Homosexual

Refers to individuals whose sexual and emotional attraction is primarily towards people of the same sex.

Men

Adult human males.