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  Intelligence - MSN Encarta
Because a substantial portion of the variation in intelligence is due to environmental factors, early intervention programs should be able to produce significant and lasting IQ gains once the specific environmental variables that influence IQ have been identified.
Children from smaller families and children who are earlier-born in their families tend to have higher intelligence test scores.
It is important to remember that sex differences, where they exist, represent average differences between men and women as groups, not individuals.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570026_6/Intelligence.html   (2326 words)

  
 Sexuality - Centro Gnóstico Anael
Sex as a source of life and expression of the soul.
Sex is the warehouse of energy of our physical body and when we exhaust it, by abusing of our sexual energy, the human machine begins to fail, diseases appear and final travel to the cemetery speeds up.
The wise use of sex rejuvenates and those who make wise use of it will stay younger for a longer time, will develop internal powers, will revitalize their bodies, will be cured of diseases and still they will be able to cure other people.
www.anael.org /english/sex/index.htm   (730 words)

  
 Biological and Sociocultural Views and Consequences of Gender Stereotyping
This view holds that our sex roles are solely the product of the society in which we live, and that their incompatibility with the reality of individual personalities causes pain and stress for many people, as do other forms of oppression and stereotyping.
If substantial sex role similarities are found between animals and humans, or if infants are in fact found to exhibit traits traditionally assigned to their gender, this could point toward the fact that such abilities and roles are biologically determined.
Furthermore, both these dichotomized sex roles are damaging to society as a whole because they promote violent behavior in men, against both each other and women, discourage individuals from pursuing certain activities in which they might excel given the chance, and foster the communication gap between the sexes.
www.unc.edu /~lorelei/sexroles.html   (2771 words)

  
 Intelligence and IQ - AssessmentPsychology.com
Although nonscientists generally regard the concept of intelligence as having much broader scope, in psychology, the study of intelligence generally regards this behavioral trait as distinct from creativity, personality, character, or wisdom.
Despite the variety of concepts of intelligence, the most influential approach to understanding intelligence (i.e., the one that has generated the most systematic research) is based on psychometric testing.
When considering animal intelligence, a more general definition of intelligence might be applied: the "ability to adapt effectively to the environment, either by making a change in oneself or by changing the environment or finding a new one" (Encyclopædia Britannica).
www.assessmentpsychology.com /intelligence.htm   (1566 words)

  
 Sex - - science news articles online technology magazine articles Sex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The sex chromosomes lay the foundation for human sexual difference, with women having two Xs, one from each parent, while men get an X from their mom and a Y from their dad.
Intelligence is a multifaceted quality that is unlikely to be traced to a single gene.
Until recently sex differences in intelligence were thought to result chiefly from hormones and environment.
www.discover.com /issues/oct-05/features/sex   (1328 words)

  
 Sex differences in intelligence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Based on data also mentioned by Jensen (R. Lynn, 1994, Sex differences in intelligence and brain size: a paradox resolved), Eysenck suggests 4 IQ points as a conservative estimate of the difference (favoring males).
Important to realize here is that the sex differences in mental abilities are caused by hormonal differences (estrogen/testosterone balance), which work partly prenatally and partly after puberty.
A remark I have on this: if there is a mean difference in IQ between the sexes, this will be fully expressed only in adults, and not yet in children.
paulcooijmans.lunarpages.com /p/essay/sex.html   (1084 words)

  
 Article: The Love Keys - The Art of Ecstatic Sex - by Diana Richardson
Sex is not the orgasmic, innocent, spiritual force it is meant to be, transporting us into a world of love and true passion.
Sex and intelligence In order to reverse this, and find the profundity of sexual satisfaction we seek, we must begin to bring intelligence into our view of sex.
In this the second half and ascending phase, the sex energy is given the opportunity to circulate back to it's source in the brain, so as to revitalize and nourish the master glands (pineal and pituitary) of the body.
www.naturalhealthweb.com /articles/richardson1.html   (1991 words)

  
 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SIMILARITY OF INTELLIGENCE AND ATTRACTION
A two by two analysis of variance was done to analyze the data: the primary considerations were the sex of the person in the descriptive paragraph, their perceived intelligence, and how similar they were to the person filling out the questionnaire.
Intelligence didn`t have an effect on the ratings of commonality for either male or female participants.
We thought this would be true for both same sex/opposite sex attraction, but overall, attraction was not effected by sex, intelligence and a combination of both for all conditions.
clearinghouse.missouriwestern.edu /manuscripts/8.asp   (2077 words)

  
 Sex and intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sex and intelligence research investigates differences in the distributions of cognitive skills between men and women.
With the development of psychology at the end of the nineteenth century, and the evolving focus on intelligence testing in the early twentieth century, further attempts were made by a variety of scientists to examine the mental differences between men and women.
Because of the difference in variance between the sexes however, girls are in excess by 2% in the middle IQ range of 90–115.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sex_and_intelligence   (2358 words)

  
 Political Animal: Comment on British Intelligence
Intelligence is generally presented to the public straight from the agencies themselves or never presented at all
I think the British people are thoroughly sick of it, and government control over the intelligence service (and indeed, the attempt to control the BBC) are just the end of a long line of Alistair Campbell's attempt to control everything and are therefore the focus of ire for the public.
On the "bright line", in Britain, as probably elsewhere too, "intelligence operations" are usually taken to mean gathering and analysing information about threats to the state as well as covert operations to thwart such threats - often on the basis of "authorised but deniable" - and to disseminate misinformation to hostile elements.
www.washingtonmonthly.com /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=2186   (1881 words)

  
 Questioning believer--Beliefnet.com
sex is the most physically intimate expression of love we as people are capable of and in my opinion it should be used as such.
Sex does not equal love, it all depends on what you bring into it.
Sex will take what you bring into it and magnify it through the emotions and intimacy that it provides.
www.beliefnet.com /boards/message_list.asp?pageID=3&discussionID=16137&messages_per_page=4   (475 words)

  
 Sex differences in intelligence
Note that "sex" here refers to one's state on the 23rd chromosome; females have two X chromosomes, males have XY.
Based on data also mentioned by Jensen (R. Lynn, 1994, Sex differences in intelligence and brain size: a paradox resolved), Eysenck suggests 4 IQ points as a conservative estimate of the difference (favoring males).
Important to realize here is that the sex differences in mental abilities are caused by hormonal differences (estrogen/testosterone balance), which work partly prenatally and partly after puberty.
www.sq.4mg.com /SexIQ.htm   (1208 words)

  
 Multiple Intelligence Theory
Intelligence tests were developed to measure general reasoning and problem-solving ability.
Verbal-linguistic intelligence refers to language ability, sensitivity to language and vocabulary, and the ability to follow the rules of grammar with ease.
Musical-rhythmic intelligence is the ability to understand and use musical elements such as pitch, rhythm, and timbre.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/developmental_psychology/68135   (514 words)

  
 Program 17: Sex and Gender
This program explores the distinction between sex and gender, and the ways gender stereotypes channel behavior in animals as well as in humans.
Some of the most basic differences between the sexes are revealed at a very young age.
Male and female sex hormones cause different reactions in the brain, affecting the behavior of an individual, which in turn affects his or her experiences.
www.learner.org /discoveringpsychology/17/e17expand.html   (320 words)

  
 Men and Women Achieve Intelligence Differently
Intelligence was assessed using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale battery.
Haier commented, “Imaging studies of intelligence have consistently shown multiple areas throughout the brain related to intelligence and that these have been identified mostly, but not exclusively, in the frontal lobe.
Sex differences and lateralization in temporal lobe glucose metabolism during mathematical reasoning.
www.neuropsychiatryreviews.com /mar05/menandwomen.html   (765 words)

  
 Most Intelligent Children Postpone Sex Longest
The American researchers were surprised to find that the least intelligent adolescents also avoided having sex at a young age.
A possible reason for this was that less intelligent, and therefore vulnerable, teenagers were more shielded from sexual contact by their parents.
Previously it had been assumed that the link between good grades and delaying sex may be due to a teenager's desire to safeguard future goals, such as going to college.
www.rense.com /politics6/mostint.htm   (367 words)

  
 The relation between gender and intelligence
The age group distributions of sex, geographical characteristics, and socio-economic background of the children were inspected when about 50% of the children were tested, and the age categories were then supplemented to full capacity, so that each age category finally included a total of 15 boys and 15 girls.
The purpose of the correlated vector calculation is to see whether a (sex) difference in g is a “Jensen Effect”, that is, if the sizes of d differences in the vector of the 20 tests correlate with the sizes in the vector of the respective tests’ g loadings.
The first is to multiply the observed sex difference in head circumference (d =.90 in this study) with the correlation coefficient between head circumference and the g factor scores (.21), which gives a predicted male lead in g of.19 (or 2.84 equivalent IQ points), corresponding quite well to the observed 3.15d equivalent IQ (Table 1).
www.nocensorship.us /gender_and_iq.html   (4301 words)

  
 Al Jazeera English - Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The committee was set up before US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair decided to establish committees to investigate the quality of the pre-war intelligence under pressure from their political opponents and media.
The committee heard evidence that intelligence agencies told the government Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and could quickly manufacture chemical and biological weapons, even though inspectors had subsequently found no evidence to support the claim.
The newspaper said the authors of the report, frustrated they could not directly access foreign intelligence or the Australian officials who prepared the reports used by to argue to case for war, wanted a second inquiry with stronger investigative powers.
english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/8A401FC4-0C4F-4D42-98A5-A396CEB50FB5.htm   (482 words)

  
 Program 16: Testing and Intelligence
The first one is linguistic intelligence, which is the kind of ability that a poet or writer or artist would have.
Spatial intelligence, the ability to think about the world in terms of its spatial aspects, is what you would find in a sailor, pilot, or surgeon.
Finally, naturalist intelligence refers to the ability to identify and classify patterns in nature, as you would see in a biologist, for example.
www.learner.org /discoveringpsychology/16/e16expand.html   (354 words)

  
 Intelligence Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Intelligence is "the product resulting from the collecting and processing of information concerning actual and potential situations and conditions relating to domestic and foreign activities and to domestic and foreign or US and enemy-held areas" (Carl 1990).
Intelligence is "secret knowledge of the enemy, a kind of knowledge which stands independently of the means by which it is obtained and the process by which it is distilled" (Troy 1991).
It was a war that made extensive use of intelligence operations, most importantly the first use of satellite hookups to guide fighters to their targets, and the use of deceptive SIGINT by the Israelis to deceive the Soviets that the U.S. was ready to step in if the Russians intervened.
faculty.ncwc.edu /toconnor/427/427lect02.htm   (13158 words)

  
 Sex and Sexuality   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Date: Feb 24, 2006 - 10:17 AM Editors - February 24th, 2006: Kim Catrall, star from the Sex and The City show, released her first book that merges testimonials from regular people, research from experts and the humor of her alter-ego, Samantha Jones: “The Art of Female Orgasm”.
She also said that the book approaches sex by a very funny and humoristic way, but never forgetting about give the reader all information the book initially intended to give.
There are even plans to develop a television show based on her book.
www.sexuall.org /PrintArticle342.phtml   (126 words)

  
 The Great Debate: Sex, Intention, Intelligence
Even females who bucked the trend would be at a disadvantage for, if they chose to mate with plainer males, they risk producing drab sons who would be less likely to be picked as mates in their turn.
In terms of PI, there is a fundamental asymmetry between the sexes — females have an initial investment in their offspring far greater than that of males because female gametes (eggs) are much more costly to produce than those of males (sperm).
He suggested that the main evolutionary pressure for human beings to increase in intelligence was competition with other people, in particular, sexual competition between individuals of the same sex.
www.thegreatdebate.org.uk /SexIntentionIntel.html   (2292 words)

  
 Sex differences in parental estimates of their children's intelligence Sex Roles: A Journal of Research - Find Articles
It appears to be both explicitly and implicitly assumed that men were more intelligent than women, and the historical legacy of this may be observed in various national educational policies and organizational hiring decisions (Lippa, 1994).
There is also an extensive, if somewhat equivocal, literature on sex differences in attributions for success and failure suggesting that some females attribute success in male-dominated occupations to luck or chance (external factors), while males attribute it to ability or motivation (internal factors; Feather & Simon, 1995).
Although there were no sex differences in self-IQ estimates, males thought they had higher IQs than their sisters, while females believed themselves and their sisters' equivalent, though their estimates of their fathers' scores were higher than the estimate of their mothers', brothers', and sisters' IQ.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2294/is_n1-2_v38/ai_20816297   (894 words)

  
 Sex Linkage of Intelligence — www.greenwood.com
Description: The author presents a theory that major genes controlling the growth of human intelligence, both left- and right-brain attributes, are on the X-chromosome.
This book also presents evidence that males are more likely to be exceptionally high in cognitive abilities (other than memory), and in such areas as advanced mathematics, spatial perception, and creative music.
In effect, earlier studies have come up with estimates of the heritability of intelligence that are too low.
www.greenwood.com /catalog/C5903.aspx?print=1   (306 words)

  
 Harvard University Press: Lucy's Legacy : Sex and Intelligence in Human Evolution by Alison Jolly
Allison Jolly's book is a refreshing and stimulating account of evolution, and especially the evolution of sex and intelligence in humans and primates.
She was the first to recognise the social power of females in groups, and she formulated the first statement of the social intelligence hypothesis, which argues that intelligence and mentality are consequences of social opportunities, not by-products of tool use, bipedalism or human language...
The sex wars are in full swing here, but always presented with balance, humor, and nice bits of poetry.
www.hup.harvard.edu /catalog/JOLLUC.html?show=reviews   (1339 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World Have Your Say | Canada, Sex & Intelligence, Borat
I would like to say that Intelligence [independent of some report] is ingrained in everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, and sex.
While people of the highest intelligences that ace exams etc will get scholarships, the large majority of poor geniuses are forced into a life of high school only education and will never benefit society or even cause great harm when the frustration they feel turns evil.
There are many men who are less happy because their intelligence leads them just to depression because they feel they are just failure, no matter what they get.
www.bbc.net.uk /blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2006/09/post_2.html   (2410 words)

  
 Sex and crime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
People have long recognized a relationship among humans between biological sex and tendency to commit crime.
Generally, men are on average more aggressive and much more likely than women to commit violent crimes.
Aggressiveness, Criminality and Sex Drive by Race, Gender and Ethnicity
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sex_and_crime   (268 words)

  
 Sex Transmutation: Sexual Energy into Genius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
On the one hand, if you have sex and ejaculate and lose bodily fluids, it is said that you are weaker physically and mentally for a period of time after.
Sex is one the most wonderful experiences of human life.
When it is used intelligently and channelled into Love, romance and creative pursuits that add to the beauty and abundance of life, then it may be said to be the energy of the Creator.
www.wilywalnut.com /sexgenius.html   (3671 words)

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