Question

What is your interpretation on how we measure Knowledge? In your own informed opinion do you think it is right or fair to say males are more intelligent than females due to the fact that their brains are on average much larger than females?

Using what you have learned in this module, what other factors should be taken into account when measuring knowledge between males and females? Or is brain size the only way to measure intelligence?

Answer 1

ANS.Sex differences that do emerge from studies are not real.they occur for three reasons.females are taught humilityand males hubris and that this social message lead them to approach tests differently.so females under-perform not revealing their ability.next it is less of a social requirement for girls to be intelligence so they invest less in education and skill development, though this pattern may be changing. third it is all about personality factors.females are less emotionaly stable than males and have greate test anixiety which reflected in test performance. so any differences that emerge do not reflect underlying reality.they are about socilisation,attitudes and personality rather than actual ability.