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Peer reviewedPlomin, Robert; Foch, Terryl T. – Child Development, 1981
Sex differences and their relationship to individual differences were examined for Maccoby and Jacklin's sex differences summaries, for a diverse set of measures of specific cognitive abilities (including verbal ability), and for objective personality assessments of 216 school-age children. Average differences between groups appeared to be trivial…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences
