Bio-Social
and Endocrine Bases of Spatial Ability.
J.M.L Binnie-Dawson |
This
paper deals with the Bio-social bases of spatial ability. It reviews
sex differences, sex differences in spatial ability, as well as the
endocrine bases. The adaptive relationships with the biological environment
are also postulated, by contrasting the Temne/agriculturalists and
Eskimo hunters, socialization and their adaptive spatial skills,
which have been envolved for each ecology. As well, the Temne-Arunta
bio-social differences are also contrasted, in terms of adaptive
relationships and spatial ability. The Dawson (196G, 1972) Kwaskiorkor/Gynaecomastia
feminization experiments are also reviewed. This has important implications,
in finding a two-way interaction, between gonadal hormones feminization,
and sex-typed socialization which influence sex differences in spatial
ability. The important bio-social implications are also discussed,
in terms of sex differences and the hormonal bases.
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