Answer to Question 1
Verbal ability: Girls have larger vocabularies than boys and are more talkative.
Mathematics: During elementary school years, girls are usually more advanced than boys in math. During high school and college, there are no differences in math skills.
Spatial ability: During childhood and adolescence, boys have better mental-rotation skills than girls.
Memory: Research shows that girls and women have better memory skills than boys and men.
Social influence: Girls are more likely than boys to comply with the directions of adults.
Aggression: Boys are more physically aggressive than girls while girls are more likely to resort to relational aggression.
Emotional sensitivity: Girls identify facial expressions more accurately than boys. Girls are more likely to express happiness and sadness, but boys are more likely to express anger.
Effortful control: Girls are more skilled at regulating their behavior, inhibiting inappropriate responding, and to focus their attention than boys.
Answer to Question 2
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