EMPATHIZING – SYSTEMIZING. SIMON BARON-COHEN’S THEORY Cover Image

Empatyzowanie - systematyzowanie. Teoria Simona Barona-Cohena
EMPATHIZING – SYSTEMIZING. SIMON BARON-COHEN’S THEORY

Author(s): Paweł Izdebski, Karolina Żbikowska, Agnieszka Bąk
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: empathizing; systemizing; sex differences

Summary/Abstract: The objective of this article is to present the basic assumptions of the Simon Baron-Cohen’s Empathizing – Systemizing Theory. This is one of the latest theories describing and explaining sex differences. It is rooted in evolutionary and developmental psychology, and also in psychopathology. The article reviews the most important research supporting the assumptions of the theory.

  • Issue Year: 14/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 5-14
  • Page Count: 9