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Furnham, Adrian; Wu, Chun – High Ability Studies, 2014
This study set out to examine whether Chinese parents, more than people from other nations, over-estimate the intelligence of their son (little emperor) compared to their daughter. In this study, 155 pairs of married couples from mainland China estimated their own, their partner's and their only child's overall intelligence and 13 "multiple…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Intelligence, Sons
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Neto, Felix; Ruiz, Fatima; Furnham, Adrian – High Ability Studies, 2008
This study investigated the relationship among sex, attitude toward intelligence, and self-estimation of multiple intelligences for self and parents among Portuguese adolescents in secondary schools. Two hundred and forty-two adolescents estimated their own and their parents' IQ scores on each of Gardner's 10 multiple intelligences: verbal…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Gender Differences, Intelligence Tests, Intelligence Quotient
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Furnham, Adrian; Shahidi, Shahriar; Baluch, Bahman – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2002
British and Iranian college students estimated their own, their parents', and their siblings' multiple intelligences scores. Men rated their IQ higher than women and believed their parents' intelligence was lower than their own. Iranian students were less skeptical and more conservative about intelligence and IQ tests. They generally gave higher…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Yuen, Mantak; Furnham, Adrian – High Ability Studies, 2005
A total of 378 Hong Kong adolescents estimated their own and their parents' IQ score on each of Gardner's 10 multiple intelligences: verbal (linguistic), logical (mathematical), spatial, musical, body-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, existential, spiritual and naturalistic. They answered three simple questions concerning intelligence and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Intelligence Tests, Factor Analysis
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Furnham, Adrian; Bunclark, Katherine – Intelligence, 2006
In this study 141 British parents estimated their own, and one of their children's IQ on their overall intelligence as well as on Gardner's (1983) [Gardner, H. (1983). "Frames of the mind: The theory of multiple intelligences." New York: Basic Books.] seven multiple ''intelligences''. Replicating previous studies, fathers gave higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Intelligence Quotient, Factor Analysis
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Furnham, Adrian; Hosoe, Tatsuro; Tang, Thomas Li-Ping – Intelligence, 2002
College students from different cultures (213 U.S., 229 British, and 164 Japanese) estimated their own multiple IQ scores and those of their parents and siblings. Overall results show consistency in sex differences of ratings across cultures, but differences in level of estimated IQ, possibly as a result of cultural demands for modesty. Discusses…
Descriptors: College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries