Guess I’m a guy
On the BBC sex differences quiz:
[What angle is this line the same as?]
This task tested your ability to make spatial judgments.
You correctly matched 20 line(s) out of 20.
On average, men generally outperform women at this task, although it is important to note that many women score extremely well.
[Here are some eyes, what are people thinking?]
Out of 10 pairs of eyes, you matched 4 with the correct mood.
Women are said to outperform men in this task because they tend to be more sensitive to facial expressions. They are generally better at discerning someone’s mood just by looking at their eyes.
[Here’s a shape made of squares, which are the same shapes?]
You scored 12 out of 12.
Studies have shown that men tend to do better than women at this task because performance is influenced by testosterone levels
(I had to skip the finger thing, because I have no ruler handy, and in any case the length of my right index finger is meaningless, since it’s been shortened twice by surgery.)
Overall, I’m really a dude — I have the dead average result for guys, apparently, though of course they didn’t ask which I was, so that means very little. Thanks, Styley.
December 30th, 2006 at 1:38 am
Hee. Sounds like we got exactly the same scores for those bits.
They asked me on the opening page whether I was male or female, though. Or was that bit optional? I forget. Guess I’m not very smart with the short-term memory. I bet that makes me extra female.
December 30th, 2006 at 7:12 am
Oh, well, maybe they asked and I forgot.
I cheated on the picture memory one, though. Way too boring to do for an online quiz.
December 30th, 2006 at 8:29 pm
i’m exactly in the middle, neither overly male nor overly female. i am very bad at the angles (11/20) but excellen at spotting the difference (57%) a good empathizer (7/10 eyes correct - and i swear the second set were george w bush’s eyes). i totally rocked the rotate the shapes thing (11/12) but given that i’m a scientist AND that my dad used to use that as a game (he took some engineering classes) when i was little, i’m not so surprised. overll i don’t feel that i learned much about myself except that i’m pretty surprised i was so bad at the angles. i really thought i scored 100%.
December 30th, 2006 at 9:18 pm
It says I’m closer to the female end of the spectrum (on account of my getting 9 out of 10 on the eyes task and being good at synonyms), but apparently I totally have a guy’s ring-to-index-finger ratio. I seem to be more or less right in the middle for the spatial tasks and the picture memory one.
January 3rd, 2007 at 4:17 am
It says that I am exactly in the middle, neither male nor female. It was interesting to analyze my brain sex.