Exam 7: Intelligence and Cognitive Abilities

The Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) shows higher average scores for the young men than for the young women who take the Mathematics subtest. This gender-related difference may reflect the influence of

Researchers have used which of the following types of tasks to measure verbal ability?

The spatial ability tested in the rod-and-frame task and Piaget's water level test

Parents explain the mathematics achievements of their sons in terms of ________ and use _________ as an explanation of their daughters' success.

Considering performance on various types of mental abilities tests, women have the largest advantage on _______ and men have the largest advantage on ________.

On tests of memory involving verbal material __________, and when the material to be memorized is spatial __________.

The gender difference in number of male versus female professional musicians is due to

The role of evolution in gender-related differences in brain lateralization is

Gender-related differences in creativity

Researchers who concentrate on gender-related differences in cognitive abilities

The tests scores on the subtests of Wechsler's intelligence tests show ________; scores from the combined test show ________.

Small gender-related differences in cognitive abilities, such as verbal or quantitative ability

The stereotype that women talk more than men

When asked to memorize a shopping list for groceries and another for hardware,

Girls with high ability in math

According to research on various types of testosterone exposure, what type is most likely to be related to increased spatial ability?

Meta-analytic reviews of the research on verbal abilities has shown that

Hyde warned about the danger of confusing the terms well-established and large, arguing that

Results of a meta-analytic study on experience as a factor in performance on spatial tasks showed that

One factor in tests of mathematics performance is the number of math courses completed. Men