Some Researchers Who Take a Neuroscience Approach to Gender Differences

question 21

Multiple Choice

Some researchers who take a neuroscience approach to gender differences argue that those differences stem from different

• A) treatment by adults.
• B) levels of androgens.
• C) levels of knowledge about the two sexes.
• D) play styles.

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Definitions:

Antagonists

Drugs that impede the activity of a neurotransmitter.

Opponent-Process Theory

A psychological and neurological model that explains how the perception of colors results from opposing neural processes.

Chromatic/Achromatic

Refers to colors with hue (chromatic) and without hue (achromatic), such as black, white, and grays.

Opponent-Process Pairs

A theory suggesting that the human visual system interprets colors in an antagonistic way, through pairs of colors opposite each other on the color spectrum.