Stephen Jay Gould: Women’s Brains

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Gould is doing more in this essay than simply arguing that the findings of Broca and his followers were wrong. What is his real point? Do some research to report on current views of the biological basis of intelligence.

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It continues to be a fact that women lag far behind men in terms of numbers who choose to pursue mathematics and the sciences. Think about your own education and that of friends and schoolmates. Do you think that these differences are primarily the result of differing abilities among male and female students? Or do other attitudes and circumstances come into play? Base your speculations on specific data you have observed.

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How would you define intelligence? How well do you think standard IQ tests can measure intelligence? If you were to devise a test for intelligence, what would it involve?

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