Are cognitive sex differences disappearing? Evidence from Spanish populations

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• 作者：Colom ; Roberto ; Quiroga ; Marí ; a Á ; ngeles ; Juan-Espinosa ; Manuel
• 关键词：Sex differences ; Cognitive abilities ; Generational changes ; Differential aptitude test (DAT) ; Primary mental abilities (PMA)
• 刊名：Personality and Individual Differences
• 出版年：1999
• 出版时间：December, 1999
• 年：1999
• 卷：27
• 期：6
• 页码：1189-1195
• 全文大小：109 K

文摘

Sex differences in cognitive abilities were determined using the norms from two standardizations of the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT) and the Primary Mental Abilities (PMA) conducted between 1979 and 1995 in Spain. The standardized sex differences (ds) were computed separately for the DAT and the PMA subscales. Males scored higher in the DAT subscales Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Ability, Spatial Relations and Mechanical Reasoning, as well as in the PMA subscales Numerical Ability and Mental Rotation. Females scored higher in Inductive Reasoning (PMA-R) in the 1979 and 1995 standardizations. Taken together, these data do not support the hypothesis that cognitive sex differences are disappearing: there are still some differences favoring females and still some differences favoring males.