#33 Richard Lippa: Sex Differences in Cognition and Interests

The Dissenter - A podcast by Ricardo Lopes

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Richard Lippa is a Professor of Psychology at California State University. He’s the author of books like Introduction to Social Psychology, and Gender, Nature, and Nurture. Here, we talk about the controversies surrounding the study of human sex differences; the sources we draw from while establishing the sex differences as scientific facts; the use of sex and gender as scientific terms; the role of biology in psychological and behavioral sex differences; some of the main sex differences, in aggression, sexual behavior, cognitive abilities, and interests; the role of endocrinology, and the sex hormones; how studying the psychological traits of homosexual people allow for a better understanding of sex differences; the prosocial role of testosterone; and the possible influence of sociocultural factors. -- O Dr. Richard Lippa é um Professor de Psicologia da California State University. É o autor de livros como Introduction to Social Psychology, e Gender, Nature, and Nurture. Aqui, falamos sobre os controvérsias em redor do estudo de diferenças sexuais humanas; as fontes das quais colhemos dados na tentativa de estabelecer as diferenças entre os sexos como factos científicos; o uso de sexo e género como termos científicos; o papel da biologia nas diferenças psicológicas e comportamentais; algumas das principais diferenças, em termos de agressão, comportamento sexual, habilidades cognitivas, e interesses; o papel da endocrinologia, e das hormonas sexuais; como o estudo de pessoas homossexuais permite uma melhor entendimento das diferenças entre os sexos; o papel prossocial da testosterona; e a possível influência de fatores socioculturais.  -- Follow Dr. Lippa’s work: Faculty page: http://psych.fullerton.edu/rlippa/ -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g