Sex Differences in Intelligence in Young Children: Some Evidence from Taiwan

Hsin Yi Chen; Richard Lynn

doi:10.46469/mq.2021.62.1.7

Sex Differences in Intelligence in Young Children: Some Evidence from Taiwan

Hsin Yi Chen, Richard Lynn^*

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Department of Special Education

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Abstract

In the standardization sample of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence – Fourth Edition (WPPSI-IV) in Taiwan, girls at the age of 2:5-3:11 years generally had higher average cognitive abilities than boys but this advantage was not present at the age of 4:0-7:0 years. These results are consistent with other studies reporting that among young children, girls have higher average cognitive abilities than boys. Girls had greater variability than boys in the majority of measures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	109-115
Number of pages	7
Journal	Mankind Quarterly
Volume	62
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.46469/mq.2021.62.1.7
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Intelligence
Sex differences
Taiwan
Variability
Wechsler tests
Young children

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Anthropology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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