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Sex and Culture Difference in Perceptions of Estimated Multiple Intelligence for Self and Family: A British-Iranian Comparison.
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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
Male Hubris and Female Humility? A Cross-Cultural Study of Ratings of Self, Parental, and Sibling Multiple Intelligence in America, Britain, and Japan.
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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