Sex Differences in Intellectual Performance during Middle Age

摘要

The hypothesis was examined that sex differences in intellectual functioning would be in favor of men only if their social status is higher than that of women. 220 Israeli adults aged 46–65, evenly divided in a balanced design by age, sex, level of education, and cultural origin, were administered the Information, Comprehension, Block Design, Digit Symbol Substitution, and Digit Span subtests of the Wechsler-Bellevue Scale. While an overall comparison of all men and women was in favor of men, additional analysis by MANOVA supported strongly the hypothesis and revealed the differential part played, in each of the two sexes, by status markers such as education, age, and cultur