Monday, May 21, 2007

Article Summary # 2

(out of three)

Read this article about money, gender, age and intelligence.


-Do boys and girls think differently according to the article? How?

Boys performed, on average, better on perceptual analysis, whereas girls earned higher marks on tasks involving physical dexterity and processing speed. Girls were also slightly better at verbal tasks involving learning and reciting groups of nouns—however, beyond the age of 11, boys caught up to them.

-When do most people develop most of their cognitive abilities? Is this new information for scientists?

11 or 12 years of age. No it's not.

-Does income relate to intelligence according to this article?

Not really because they are actually just talking about a child's life in their early years.

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