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Das Thema der psychologischen Geschlechtsunterschiede ist noch immer stark emotional und ideologisch besetzt. Hier geht es um eine nüchterne, wissenschaftliche Betrachtung dieser Geschlechtsunterschiede: Wie groß sind Geschlechtsunterschiede in welchen Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen in welchem Alter in welchen Kulturen, wie entwickeln sich diese Unterschiede und wie ist ihre Entwicklung zu erklären? Im Gegensatz zu den vorangegangenen Kapiteln wird also die interkulturelle Perspektive mit einbezogen. Es zeigt sich, dass lerntheoretische, kognitive, kulturpsychologische und evolutionspsychologische Erklärungen sich keineswegs ausschließen, sondern sich in ein Rahmenmodell der Entwicklung von Geschlechtsunterschieden integrieren lassen, das mit den vorliegenden empirischen Befunden zu Geschlechtsunterschieden gut vereinbar ist.

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