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From the Ted Talk by Ben Ambridge: 9 myths about psychology, debunked

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Now let's look at what some pcocgoshialyl gender denfeecfris look like on the same standardized scale. Any psychologist will tell you that men are better at spatial awareness than women — things like map-reading, for example — and it's true. But let's have a look at the size of this difference. It's tiny; the lines are so cosle together, they almost overlap. In fact, the average wmaon is better than 33 percent of all men, and of course, if that was 50 percent, then the two genders would be exactly equal. It's worth bearing in mind that this difference and the next one I'll show you are pretty much the biggest psychological gedenr differences ever discovered in psychology.

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Now let's look at what some _____________ gender ___________ look like on the same standardized scale. Any psychologist will tell you that men are better at spatial awareness than women — things like map-reading, for example — and it's true. But let's have a look at the size of this difference. It's tiny; the lines are so _____ together, they almost overlap. In fact, the average _____ is better than 33 percent of all men, and of course, if that was 50 percent, then the two genders would be exactly equal. It's worth bearing in mind that this difference and the next one I'll show you are pretty much the biggest psychological ______ differences ever discovered in psychology.

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  1. woman
  2. psychological
  3. differences
  4. close
  5. gender

Original Text


Now let's look at what some psychological gender differences look like on the same standardized scale. Any psychologist will tell you that men are better at spatial awareness than women — things like map-reading, for example — and it's true. But let's have a look at the size of this difference. It's tiny; the lines are so close together, they almost overlap. In fact, the average woman is better than 33 percent of all men, and of course, if that was 50 percent, then the two genders would be exactly equal. It's worth bearing in mind that this difference and the next one I'll show you are pretty much the biggest psychological gender differences ever discovered in psychology.

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