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Last May ( 5/30/07), we discussed the "International Sexuality Description Project" (ISDP) - a cross-cultural psychological inventory of over 16,000 participants (largely college students). Of course, with a data set that large, it would be surprising if only one paper resulted from it. For the rest of this week, we'll look at other studies ( Read more... )

What is intuition? Wikipedia defines it as "immediate cognition without the use of rational processes." Intuition seems to be defined by its opposites. In the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), "Intuition" is in opposition to sensing. In Allinson-Hayes Cognitive Style Index (CSI), an intuitiive style is defined in opposition to an analytical ( Read more... )

Studies have consistently shown that women tend to be more religious than men. Researchers have associated this difference with such possible mediators as risk-taking (Miller and Hoffman, 1995), locus of control (Fiori et al, 2006), prioritization of values (Saroglou, 2004), and gender orientation (Thompson, 1991). L. J. Francis's 1997 review ( Read more... )

David J. Hargreaves (2007) found significant correlations between gender and musical tastes in a U.K. sample. Out of 35 musical genres, the strongest male bias was for blues (72.3% of men vs. 27.7% of women). Women preferred "current chart pop" at an even more disparate rate (83.3% to 16.7%). Van Eijk (2001) found that "pop" preferences were not ( Read more... )