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... to the conclusion that there is strong evidence to suggest that there are four main differences between boys and girls. These differences are: * Girls have a greater verbal ability than boys * Boys have greater visual and spatial abilities than girls ( eg arranging blocks in specific patterns quickly) * Boys have greater arithmetical ability than girls but this difference only appears in adolescence * Girls are less aggressive than boys, this is found in nearly all cultures and is usually present from about the age of 2 This outlines the main differences found in boys and girls and develop increasing the older people become. In 1993 a man called Shaffer found some more differences not identified by Maccoby and Jacklin which are: * Girls are more emotionally sensitive (eg. respond more attentively to babies) * Girls are less vulnerable from developmentally defects than boys, therefore are less likely to suffer from learning disabilities, various ...