Question

According to Havighurst & Breese's study of 13-year-olds, in which areas did girls outperform boys?

Options

• Spatial ability and logic.

• Verbal comprehension and spatial tasks.

• Numerical skills, word fluency, reasoning, and memory.

• Rote memory and ingenuity.

Answer 1

Numerical skills, word fluency, reasoning, and memory.

Explanation:

Girls at age 13 demonstrated stronger performance in multiple verbal and numerical domains, showing superior word fluency, numerical ability, reasoning, and memory skills.