Empathizing, systemizing, and career choice in Brazil: Sex differences and individual variation among areas of study
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- 作者：Marco Antonio Corrê ; a Varella ; macvarella@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; José ; Henrique Benedetti Piccoli Ferreira jh.benedetti@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Kamila Janaina Pereira kamilajpereira@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Vera Silvia Raad Bussab vsbussab@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Jaroslava Varella Valentova jaroslava@usp.br" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Empathizing ; Systemizing ; Study area ; Cognition ; Sex differences ; Career choice
- 刊名：Personality and Individual Differences
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：July 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：97
- 期：Complete
- 页码：157-164
- 全文大小：674 K
文摘
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We examine the relationship between cognitive style and career choice in Brazil.
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Women more often apply for humanities and bio-sciences and men for exact sciences.
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Individuals higher on systemizing more frequently study exact sciences.
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Individuals in humanities and bio-sciences score higher on empathizing.
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Regardless of sex, cognitive style is one of the factors related to career choice.