| Abstract [eng] |
Gender Differences in Intelligence SUMMARY There is still no solid opinion, about differences in separate cognitive abilities or intelligences among men and women and even more issues about the nature of these differences. As we know, intelligence depends on many contemporized factors. Differences in cognitive ability among men and women are influenced by biological sex differences, cultural and family environment. Results heavily depend on research circumstances, survey sample, research method and over research influencing additional factors. The aim of this study, based on WIT Lithuanian representative survey, was to determine from 13 to 66 years old men and women differences in intelligences abilities. Whole survey sample, men and women, intelligences abilities were described. Pupils boys and girls, students and laboring men and women results were compared. Pupils boys and girls results were compared by these factors: parents education, school and grade. Students results were compared by the realm of studies, knowledge of languages (how many languages they can speak), birth succession, financial status. Laboring men and women results were compared by education level, birth succession, and financial status. In our study we found that women in all three groups are characterized by superior verbal abilities, language richness better memory. Comparing boys and girls, we found that girls have superior general intelligences abilities, better perceptiveness, and boys are superior in mathematic abilities. In laboring group we found that men have better spatial abilities than women, and women have better general intelligences and logical thinking abilities. |
