%0 Journal Article
%T Aile Bireyleri Aras nda Cinsiyete Dayal  Zeka Düzeyi Alg lar  (Family Members’ Perceptions about Each Other’s Intelligence Level)
%A Reyhan Baykal
%J Turkish Journal of Giftedness and Education
%D 2011
%I Turkish Journal of Giftedness and Education
%X Purpose and significance: Research shows that people hold subjective beliefs about their intellectual levels as well as others. The purpose of this study was to investigate people’s perceptions of intelligence level by gender. Method: A survey questionnaire was developed by a panel of expert through the review of related literature to collect data about family members’ perceptions of each other’s’ intelligence. Participants included 308 people (female = 172; male = 136) whose ages ranged from 14 to 78 (mean = 32, SD = 15). Of the participants 76 were mother, 78 were father, 121 were son, 156 were daughter, 60 were both mother and daughter, and 63 were both father and son. The questionnaire consisted of eight items: ratings of their own intelligence level as well as intelligence levels of their spouses, parents and children. A likert-type scale was used for rating from 1 to 5 (ex-tremely below average, below average, average, above average, extremely above average). Results: In comparing the judgments of individuals regarding their own intelligence levels by gender, it was seen that the difference between the estimates of individuals from different genders about their own intelligence levels was not significant statisti-cally (t = -1.07, p > 0.05). A comparison between the participants’ ratings of their own intelligence levels and those of their spouses’ intelligence levels showed no signifi-cant difference (t = 0.09, p > 0.05). Analysis of women’s ratings for their own intelli-gence levels and their husbands’ intelligence levels also showed no significant difference (t = -1.09, p > 0.05). Similarly, analysis of men’s ratings for their own intelligence levels and their wives’ intelligence levels yielded no significant difference (t = 1.17, p > 0.05). The most important finding of this study was that parents rated their male children to be more intelligent than their female children. The difference was significant (t = -2.98, p < 0.05). However, the effect size of this difference was small ( 2 = .21). Further analysis showed the difference came from fathers’ ratings. That is, fathers rated their sons more intelligent than their daughters (t = -2.21, p < 0.05). Effect size of the dif-ference was found to be small ( 2 = .26). Mothers’ ratings did not make a difference. Analysis of children’s estimates regarding their parents’ intelligence levels yielded no significant difference between their estimates of intelligence levels of their moth-ers and those of their fathers (t = -0.64, p>0.05). Furthermore, female children’s ratings of intelligence levels of thei
%K gender differences
%K perception
%K intelligence level
%K family members
%U http://www.tuzed.org/publications/cilt1/sayi1/documents/reyhan_baykal_metin.pdf