PRIMACY OF ORGANIZING EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE

Authors
CAMPBELL A MUNCER S ODBER J
Citation
A. Campbell et al., PRIMACY OF ORGANIZING EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE, Behavioral and brain sciences, 21(3), 1998, pp. 365
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1998)21:3<365:POOEOT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A test of a biosocial model is reported in which we found no impact of circulating testosterone on either status-seeking or aggression. The fact that sex differences in competitiveness and aggression appear in childhood strongly suggests that the major impact of testosterone is o rganisational. Whereas dominance and resources are linked among males, female aggression may be a function of pure resource competition, wit h no element of status-seeking.