In Your Textbook, Chapter 7 Discusses Meta-Analyses That Focus on Gender

question 18

Multiple Choice

In your textbook, Chapter 7 discusses meta-analyses that focus on gender comparisons in cognitive abilities. Which of the following is the area in which gender differences are typically the largest?

• A) Verbal abilities
• B) Mathematics abilities
• C) Spatial abilities such as locating hidden figures in a drawing
• D) Spatial abilities such as mental rotation

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