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Testosterone's role in dominance, sex, and aggression: Why so controversial?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

Douglas T. Kenrick  and
Alicia Barr
Douglas T. Kenrick
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104 [email protected]@asu.edu
Alicia Barr
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104 [email protected]@asu.edu
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Abstract

Testosterone's connection to sex differences and key evolutionary processes arouses controversy. Effects on humans and other species, though, are not robotically deterministic but are parts of complex interactions. We discuss the societal implications of these findings and consider how the naturalistic fallacy and the person–situation dichotomy contribute to misunderstandings here.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , June 1998 , pp. 379 - 380
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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