The main behavioral and cognitive differences between boys and girls

Since we was born we have a lot of differences, such as: physical, behavior, mental, etc. But all the differences depend of our gender.

• Gender  is defined as the characteristics of people as males and females. 

• Gender Identity is related to the sense od one's own gender, including knowlegde, understanding, and acceptance of being male or female.

• Gender Roles are sets of expectations that prescribe how females or males should think, act and feel.

According to those definitions, I can say that children behavior depends of the gender roles that are stablished in the society. Parents teach to kids how they have to think, act and feel according to their gender. That is the reason why gender and behavior is connected. Also, the environmental factors say how you have to behave depending your gender.

The main behavioral  and cognitive differences between boys and girls

Boys

Girls

- Boys are good for sports abilities, they like run, and play video games. - Toys preferences: According to gender roles: Boys like toys such as: cars, trucks, tools, etc - They like games that involves body movements or sports, such as: run, jump, soccer, etc. -Boys are more physically aggressive   - They do not express their feelings or emotions as girls.

- Girls are better at figuring out people's emotions based on their facial expressions. - Girls  have spatial skills or the ability to solve problems involving size, distance, and the relationship between objects.   - Toys preferences: According to gender roles: Girls like toys such as: dolls, kitchen tools, barbies, etc. - They like play in a passive way, it is related to gender, they prefer to play in a games that not involve physical work.  - Girls are not aggressive as boys. - Girls like art, color, etc.

-Boys and Girls have not signifcant differences when they develop the grossor motor skill.  Both genders usually start walking almost at the same age. 

- Girls start to talk earlier, around 1 month before than boys.

As conclusion, the differences of behavior are determine by gender, and the roles that have been assigned for females and males. We expect to observe different behavior based on that

References: 

•  John W. Santrock, Children/11th edition, University of Texas at Dallas, 2009.

• Web Sites:
• http://www.uky.edu/~eushe2/Pajares/eff.html
• http://www.whattoexpect.com/first-year/photo-gallery/differences-between-boys-and-girls.aspx#/slide-1