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Estimating One's Own and One's Relatives' Multiple Intelligence: A Cross-Cultural Study from East Timor and Portugal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Félix Neto ,
Adrian Furnham  and
Maria da Conceição Pinto
Félix Neto*
Affiliation:
Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
Adrian Furnham
Affiliation:
University College London (UK)
Maria da Conceição Pinto
Affiliation:
Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Félix Neto, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Manuel Pereira da Silva, 4200–392 Porto, (Portugal). Email: fneto@fpce.up.pt
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Abstract

This study examined estimates of their own, and their parents' general and multiple intelligences. Three hundred and twenty three students from East Timor, and one hundred eighty three students from Portugal estimated their own, and their parents' IQ scores on each of Gardner's ten multiple intelligences. Men believed they were more intelligent than were women on mathematical (logical), spatial, and naturalistic intelligence. There were consistent and clear culture differences. Portuguese gave higher self, and family ratings than Timorese, as expected. Participants of both cultures rated overall intelligence of their father higher than that of their mother. Implications of these results for education and self-presentations are considered.

Este estudio examinó las estimaciones de la inteligencia general y de las inteligencias múltiples, tanto la propia como la de los padres. 323 estudiantes de Timor Oriental y 183 estudiantes de Portugal estimaron su propia puntuación de CI y la de sus padres en cada una de las'inteligencias múltiples de Gardner. Los varones creían que eran más inteligentes que las mujeres en inteligencia matemática (lógica), espacial y naturalista. Había diferencias culturales claras y consistentes. Tal y como se esperaba, los portugueses se asignaron puntuaciones más altas a sí mismos y a sus familias que los timoreses. Los participantes de ambas culturas asignaban a sus padres puntuaciones más altas en inteligencia global que a sus madres. Se comentan las implicaciones de estos resultados para la educación y la auto-presentación.

Keywords

cross-cultural studiessex differencesmultiple intelligencesparentsself-estimatesestudios transculturalesdiferencias por el sexointeligencias múltiplespadresauto-estimaciones
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , November 2009 , pp. 518 - 527
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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