Men are more intelligent than women, claims new study

Topic: men v.s women
Reference:
Clerkin, B., & Macrae, F. (2006, September 14 ). Men are more intelligent than women, claims new study, Mail Online. Retrieved from http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-405056/Men--intelligent-women-claims-new-study.html


Summary:
This article discusses the fact that men are more intelligent than women. It is a new study which shows men’s IQ is almost four points higher than women’s. A British researcher thinks that race influences intelligence. He also thinks that the glass ceiling is caused by a low rate in intelligence rather than discrimination. He has a test taken by 100,000 students aged 17 and 18 of both genders. The result of his study is that male teenagers had higher IQs points in these abilities: verbal reasoning skill, creativity and some of the key ingredients of intelligence. In addition, the researcher argues that the faster maturing of girls leads to them do better than boys in classrooms. He believes that most of the differences are related to brain size, which usually refers to the men having larger brains than women. Finally, he mentions some qualities at the end of the article that reinforce his study and said that men are more intelligent than women.


Reaction:
I was interested in this article because it discussed my favorite argument about who is more intelligent, men or women? In this study, the researcher thought the race is one of the biggest factors influencing intelligence. I completely believe him on this point. Also, I agree with him when he mentioned: “males averaging higher on the test of ‘spatial ability’ and females higher on verbal tests”. I caught new information about the brain size that influences intelligence. I agree with his opinions of some qualities that he assumed implied the men are more intelligent than women. In fact, there are some points in his article that will support me in my argument and also in my survey form.

Fahad Alghamdi