Newcombe’s article has an unusually neutral position. Newcombe talks about Lawrence Summer’s argument and the negative influence of itsmisinterpretation. She mainly evaluates the interpretation that sex difference of intelligence is biological base…
Chapter 5 in the book Why Aren’t More Women in Science? by Ceci and Williams was probably one of my least favorites. Nora Newcombe is yet another expert that attempts to define the cause for the sex discrepancy in the STEM fields. In my opinion, her …
With many authors taking a firm stance of either being an incremental theorist or an entity theorist, Nora S. Newcombe takes a stance that incorporates both theories in the conclusions found in her essay “Taking Science Seriously: Straight Thinki…
Have you ever been told that you were not allowed to do something because of your gender? Congratulations to those of you who answered no and to those of you who answered yes, I am sorry for the ignorance of mankind. Sadly, I have been a victim of cog…
In Chapter 5 “Taking science seriously: straight thinking about spatial sex difference”, professor Newcombe uses a lot of statistics to show her points about spatial sex difference. She talks about three main points in the passage: there is no biol…
The Right Rebuttal
By: Shannon Laughlin
Before taking this class, I had heard of Larry Summers, former President of Harvard, but did not know much about him. After all, I was only in third grade when he triggered an uproar in the math and science comm…
While reading through Spelke and Grace’s chapter in Why Aren’t More Women in Science? I found myself wondering if this dream of an essay could possibly be too good to be true. I believe I had this reaction because of the large amount of …
Worldwide attention, especially from females, turned to Marissa Mayer when she announced in early September 2015 that she only took 2-week maternity leave. Young women startled at her decision because the short leave is unusual for women after giving b…
alternatively titled: “How Many Discussions does it take to Challenge an Assumption?”
by Lillie Mucha
Elizabeth S. Spelke and Ariel D. Grace respond to the debate over Lawrence Summers’ comments with a deep understanding of the assumptio…
I distinctly remember the first time I sat down to take an official SAT test. Water bottle and snack on the floor next to me, calculator under my chair, four perfectly sharpened pencils sitting neatly at the top of my desk. In all the superficial ways,…