Sex and Culture Difference in Perceptions of Estimated Multiple Intelligence for Self and Family: A British-Iranian Comparison

Sex and Culture Difference in Perceptions of Estimated Multiple Intelligence for Self and Family: A British-Iranian Comparison

British and Iranian college students estimated their own, their parents', and their siblings' multiple intelligences scores. Men rated their IQ higher than women and believed their parents' intelligence was lower than their own. Iranian students were less skeptical and more conservati...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cross-cultural psychology 2002, Vol.33 (3), p.270
Hauptverfasser: Furnham, Adrian, Shahidi, Shahriar, Baluch, Bahman
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
College Students
Cultural Differences
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Intelligence Quotient
Iran
Multiple Intelligences
Sex Differences
Student Attitudes
United Kingdom
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Zusammenfassung:British and Iranian college students estimated their own, their parents', and their siblings' multiple intelligences scores. Men rated their IQ higher than women and believed their parents' intelligence was lower than their own. Iranian students were less skeptical and more conservative about intelligence and IQ tests. They generally gave higher self-estimates for overall and multiple intelligences than did British students. (SM)
ISSN:0022-0221