CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -For example, women tend to score higher on certain verbal and memory tests, whereas men tend to score higher on spatial tests, particularly mental spatial rotations. While these results are relatively uncontroversial, the question of whether men and women differ on average in g is a matter of debate among experts.

Detailed explanation-2: -Among adults, males have slightly higher verbal and reasoning abilities than females and a more pronounced superiority on spatial abilities. If the three abilities are combined to form general intelligence, the mean for males is 4 IQ points higher than the mean for females.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which statement best describes gender differences in IQ scores? Males and females have the same average IQ, but male IQ scores are more variable than female scores.

Detailed explanation-4: -How do scores on IQ tests differ (if at all) between boys and girls? On average, boys’ scores and girls’ scores are equal. Why is the mean IQ the same for boys as for girls? The tests balanced several types of questions to make the means equal for boys and girls.

Detailed explanation-5: -On which of the following tasks are males most likely to outperform females? mentally rotating three-dimensional objects.