Female Intelligence Test Paul Cooijmans 2003

Instructions This test aims to measure cognitive abilities at which females are known to outscore males. The choice of item types used is based on information from Arthur Jensen's 1998 book The g factor, chapter 13, Sex differences in g. The test may be taken by both males and females and requires a good knowledge of the English language. When you are asked to produce words of any kind in this test, English words are meant and both British and American spelling are acceptable. The FIT (Female Intelligence Test) should be taken in one session and timed. It is assumed you time yourself honestly and report the time taken below. There is no time limit, but you lose a point for every minute used while you gain a point with every correct answer. Maximum raw score is 146 minus number of minutes used. Be sure to have a few free hours ahead of you when you start. Do not use reference aids, calculators or computers and do not consult others. Sign the below certification. Print the test before beginning; it is meant to be done pen on paper (this is an essential aspect of the test), and submitted by mail in paper form. Name __________________________ Age ____ Sex ________

E-mail _____________________________________________ (10) Total time taken (in minutes) ________ Prior scores on IQ and aptitude tests (including names of tests): ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ I certify I have strictly abided by the instructions. Signature: _________________________ Send completed test to: Paul Cooijmans De Wolwever 39 5737 AD LIESHOUT NETHERLANDS

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1 Word fluency Write a maximum of 21 words ending in the letter t. An example of such a word is hat (don't use that below). It is allowed to write less then 21 words; if you can't think of any more words ending in t, just go to the next exercise. You gain 1 point per word. _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

Similarly, write a maximum of 21 nouns ending in the letter g. _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

Write a maximum of 21 verbs ending in the letter e. _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

2 Arithmetic Complete these exercises; + means plus, - means minus, x means times and : means divided by. You gain 1 point per correct answer.
6+7= 95= 4x8= 14 : 2 = 22 + 47 = 53 29 = 9x8= 36 : 6 = 26 + 19 = 33 17 = 12 x 7 = 63 : 7 = 73 + 33 = 92 46 = 4 x 23 = 56 : 8 = 37 + 59 = 50 23 = 17 x 6 = 90 : 15 = 76 + 52 = 86 66 = 9 x 21 = 28 : 4 = 57 + 63 = 29 39 = 19 x 4 = 121 : 11 = 123 + 86 = 107 28 = 6 x 36 = 130 : 5 = 77 + 167 = 65 256 = 59 x 11 = 176 : 4 = 211 + 568 = 317 179 = 8 x 61 = 153 : 3 = 41 + 973 = 1000 667 = 40 x 40 = 500 : 25 = 144 + 89 = 861 356 = 12 x 13 = 81 : 9 =

3 Reading Read the story and answer the questions. Check back to the story as often as you need. 1 point per correct answer. Shopping at the supermarket Fearne took her turquoise bike from its hooks on the wall and rode to the neighborhood supermarket. In the street she saw Miss Berlin, her old German teacher from high school, who was taking her black and white dog Hunter for a walk through the nice spring weather. Good evening Fearne!, she greeted, and waved with her moss-green scarf. Fearne waved back and rode on. While getting off her bicycle at the shopping center, she realized she had forgotten the shopping list she had made that afternoon while watching her favorite program, Celebrity Mastermind. Fortunately she had a good memory and knew most of it by heart: sugar, bread, white wine, purple lipstick, shampoo, chicken soup, plastic gloves, white chocolate bars, Earl Grey tea... the rest had slipped her mind. Humming to the background music Tom Jones' What's New Pussycat - Fearne almost crashed into the shop manager in her warm yellow uniform as she was collecting her shoppings. I'm sorry Mrs Kent!, Fearne apologized. That's okay Fearne, the manager replied. And what a lovely pink skirt you are wearing today! Glowing with pride Fearne continued and finally paid her things to Heidi, the darkhaired cash register girl in the yellow hat. She put away her sixty cents change, said goodbye and rode home. Quickly she checked the shopping list that was still lying on the wooden table, and discovered she had only forgotten to bring lettuce and shoe polish. Questions Name five of the items Fearne bought _________________________________________ What color had the scarf the teacher waved with? ___________________ What was the name of the dark-haired girl? ____________________ How many items had Fearne forgotten to buy? ________________ What season of the year was it in the story? _________________________ What was Fearne's favorite program? _____________________________ What part of the day was it in the story? ____________________________ What was the name of the person in the warm yellow uniform? ________________________ Who was the owner of Hunter? ______________________________ What did Fearne keep on hooks on the wall? ________________________

4 Writing Reproduce the below story in legible handwriting. Be accurate with regard to spelling, punctuation, upper and lower case letters etcetera. Don't forget the title. You lose 1 point for every error you make. The visitor Ding donngggg!, the bell went, and Fearne jumped up to open the front door and let her friend Heather in. Tea? Yes please, I'm SO thirsty! Heather crashed on the couch and kicked her shoes off. And my feet are killing me! Do you mind if I take them off? Help yourself! How CAN you walk on such high heels?! Practice, Fearne! Practice makes perfect! Just a few minutes a day in front of Mr Mirror works wonders! Fearne brought in the tea and they tried to drink it. Smells good, but too hot yet! I agree Heather. I wonder why tea always takes longer to cool down than coffee? Have you noticed that too? It's a mystery. Really? You are so observant! I never notice such things. Wow, you should become a rocket scientist! Hm? Do they receive Celebrity Mastermind in space too? Otherwise I'm not going! Hahahaha!!! The girls laughed. Celebrity Mastermind in space! What will we think of next! Reproduce the story here:

5 Spelling and grammar Again, reproduce the below story, but now correct any spelling and grammatic errors you find. Do not make stylistic changes to passages otherwise correct. You gain 1 point per correction but lose 1 point for every new error you make. The story of Faerne Hunter From childhood on Faerne had been fascinated by spinning wheels. Barely had her parents gave her a tricycle, or she would spent hours putting it upside down and spinning the wheels with her hands. Even as an adult, though otherwise completeley normal, she sometimes pursued this behavior with her bike. Another intrest of her was the live of the ancient piramyd builder Imhotep. Fearne enjoyed reading and watching documentary's about the genious architect. Often she wondered what it would have been like to live in those days and perhaps even meet the great Imhotep. Or be his wife! Or become a piramyd builder herself! In her sketchbook Fearne had drew pyramids she would liked to have built; they all had a spinning wheel on top. That was the way Fearne liked them best. As her good friend Heather would say: If it doesn't spin, Fearne isn't in. Write corrected version here:

6 Searching letters In the below field of letters: - Underline all instances of the letter p - Encircle all instances of the letter f that are immediately preceded by an a - Strike through all instances of the letter w that are immediately followed by an h - Underline and encircle all instances of the letters r and o - Strike through all instances of the letter f that have not already been encircled You lose 1 point for every error or omission. t u k h h f q o m n b x f k j h g i s p o o k h n b g s o p a x k g f r e w b j p o m q f u b e d s j h y h r m i j d w u b f a l w k v s d h o u b c e f h j k f j a f h k h c j o r e t w s d d g d o p b j h i k d s w h c g j k l y f c s w q z a s d g h j k k l p u g v d e d c v b j k l i r g h f s p f y u b c m x z n j u h k l r e w s c v m f e d h d f e g b m d a f g h o p u f w q s c j k k g a f d w d f g y w f t h g d d e t y i o p j g d q a x c v f t r h y y r d f g h j o p l k i j u h n h y f e s d g h j u i o k n g f w h d g u z x c v d t g h u i o h g r e d f g g j h u u h r f e e e t h j f e d h u d v u i p r f w s v m n k g d f e e c g b y t w c d f g y n m j k l o p b g v s g k e h v e b j h y f v f i n g f e r t h j k i o j h g d f d s x c f f w e g t o p d m i b h s h w h i c j d n f g k o p h g d w s f g d w s d f a f s d g h k d e r t y u o n x c a s f j o p h d f w h d g a d w j i o g x c w e c v h n k l p u b s z f v h y u b f e y b g f h k o p e c g d s f u y b m l b x w s d f f g e d f q w e c b l p k n g t r d d g y u u y a f s d c b n k h c v l m k o b q w v u i b v e v y h n f d s z x c h u j b f e e x s r b o d f q i d j e j p b t c v w x u i n k g e c e g r

7 Matching figures In each line of figures, underline those figures that are identical to the one that is underlined already. You gain 1 point for a correct underlining but lose 1 point for an incorrect underlining.

8 Drawing Complete Heather by connecting the dots as shown. You lose 1 point for every dot you miss.

9 Maze Help Fearne to the spinning wheel on top of the pyramid by drawing an uninterrupted line from the cross near Fearne to the cross near the wheel, without ever touching the lines of the pyramid. You lose 1 point for every time you touch a line.

All nine sections finished (it is allowed to go back to any sections as long as you keep the time running)? Then stop the time and do not make changes to anything anymore. End of test.