Sex, social class, and estimating IQ: middle-class male subjects rate themselves most intelligent

Adrian Furnham; Diane Dixon; Tracy Harrison; Susan Rasmussen; Rory O'Connor

doi:10.2466/pr0.2000.87.3.753

Sex, social class, and estimating IQ: middle-class male subjects rate themselves most intelligent

Adrian Furnham, Diane Dixon, Tracy Harrison, Susan Rasmussen, Rory O'Connor

Psychology

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Abstract

153 sociology students specified parental occupation and job status before estimating their own and their parents' overall IQ. Male subjects, as predicted, gave a higher mean self-estimated score to themselves than did female subjects (113 vs 106). Fathers were awarded higher IQ scores than mothers (114 vs 107). Male subjects who had mothers in a higher social class gave themselves the highest mean score.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	753-758
Number of pages	6
Journal	Psychological Reports
Volume	87
Issue number	3 Suppl 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2000.87.3.753
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2000

Keywords

IQ scores
gender
social class

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