January 29, 2008
Newsweek Article
Just a quick post to share an article I found interesting. It was run in Newsweek and discusses whether men or woman have higher IQs and how each feels about this. Give it a read!
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What an interesting article! A specific point is brought up by Adrian Furnham about how the misperception of IQ is affecting children: "If there are children, [both] men and women think their sons are brighter than their daughters." Furnham attributes this in a large way to the trend of beliefs from past generations, which stands in solid support of social learning theory. When girls and boys are given different expectations and standards of achievement, they will perform to them. Academically, from grade school on, Furnham's "feminine humility" and "male hubris" is encouraged which in the long run affects gendered perceptions of intelligence. It would be interesting to see further research on how these perceptions are enforced later on in life.
I think this article brings up some really interesting issues. This reminds me of the old saying, "if you think you will fail, you will." I can personally relate to this article! When I was in 3rd grade one of my teachers didn't think that I was as smart as all of the other kids. Because of that one teacher, I spent the next year of my schooling getting pulled out of class nearly everyday to take several tests to figure out if I had a learning disability. After all of the testing they decided that I didn't have a severe learning disability and I was put back in to regular classes. However, it took me many years and well in to high school to finally build my confidence back when it came to school. I still sometimes second guess myself and how smart I am.
I am now almost a 4.0 student and I have done really well for myself in school. It really angers me though that I was told I had a learning disability at such a young age when I really didn't; but it was because I was told I did that I started to believe that I wasn't smart and I lost all confidence in myself.
The moral of the story is if people tell you you aren't smart or you believe it yourself, then you won't be as smart!
This article does not surprise me in one bit. My brother is one of the most confident people I know. He is always reassuring himself of his "intellectual superiority" and sometimes it helps him out in situations where he needs confidence and he then does succeed.
But it also conversely leads to let-downs when he doesn't succeed at something he was so "sure" would be a cakewalk. I think for many societal reasons as well it's more advantageous for women to play into the modest role because a woman/girl who walks around like she owns the place and toots her own intellectual horn may sooner be called cocky or full of herself than a man.
Reason being for men it goes without saying but for women they would be "blowing against the wind."
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