You see a news report indicating that males are more likely to procrastinate because they have higher testosterone. The researchers tested males and females to determine how much time it took to complete a task and measured their hormone concentrations. They found that males have higher testosterone and take longer to finish the task. Are their conclusions valid? Based on what you know about activational/organizational effects of hormones, what are the alternative possibilities for this sex difference? How might you assess (in humans-no unethical experimental manipulations) whether this sex difference is activated, organized, or independent of sex steroids entirely?

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The Answer of You see a news report indicating that males are more likely to procrastinate because they have higher testosterone. The researchers tested males and females to determine how much time it took to complete a task and measured their hormone concentrations. They found that males have higher testosterone and take longer to finish the task. Are their conclusions valid? Based on what you know about activational/organizational effects of hormones, what are the alternative possibilities for this sex difference? How might you assess (in humans-no unethical experimental manipulations) whether this sex difference is activated, organized, or independent of sex steroids entirely?

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