IDENTIFY SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN MENTAL ABILITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN. Most research suggests little, if any, overall average sex diff erence in IQ between men and women. Nevertheless, studies...

IDENTIFY SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN MENTAL ABILITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN. Most research suggests little, if any, overall average sex diff erence in IQ between men and women. Nevertheless, studies indicate that men are more variable in their IQ scores than women. Women tend to do better than men on some verbal tasks, whereas men tend to do better than women on some spatial tasks.

31. Comments about women in science and mathematics made by a former president of Harvard University sparked a fi restorm about ________diff erences in IQ. (p. 338 )

32. Men and women (are/aren’t) similar when it comes to most intellectual abilities. (p. 339 )

33. Men tend to do better than women on some tasks requiring ________ability, and women tend to do better than men on some tasks requiring ________ability. (p. 339)

34. There’s little evidence for sex diff erences in IQ overall, but research has revealed consistent diff erences between the sexes in some specifi c skills. Indicate below which sex (M/F) scores higher on each of the skills listed. (p. 339)

35. From 1966 to 2001, the number of women entering the “hard” sciences (increased/decreased) steadily. (p. 340 )