a whole host of factors help determine our intelligence from nature to nurture
our intelligence from nature to nurture
our intelligence from nature to nurture to nutrition but swimsuits
to nutrition but swimsuits
to nutrition but swimsuits what would an expert say to that in
what would an expert say to that in
what would an expert say to that in today’s image of society women and
today’s image of society women and
today’s image of society women and increasingly men are defined by their
increasingly men are defined by their
increasingly men are defined by their bodies both men and women learn to
bodies both men and women learn to
bodies both men and women learn to internalize this objectification and as
internalize this objectification and as
internalize this objectification and as a result of this they worry about being
a result of this they worry about being
a result of this they worry about being judged by others and in turn this leads
judged by others and in turn this leads
judged by others and in turn this leads to them judging themselves this is
to them judging themselves this is
to them judging themselves this is called self objectification so even if a
called self objectification so even if a
called self objectification so even if a person is in a swimsuit on their own
person is in a swimsuit on their own
person is in a swimsuit on their own they spend their mental resources
they spend their mental resources
they spend their mental resources thinking about being judged by others or
thinking about being judged by others or
thinking about being judged by others or being judged by themselves rather than
being judged by themselves rather than
being judged by themselves rather than focusing on the task in hand at the time
focusing on the task in hand at the time
focusing on the task in hand at the time surely your clothing can’t affect your
surely your clothing can’t affect your
surely your clothing can’t affect your intelligence that much can it well
intelligence that much can it well
intelligence that much can it well there’s one way to find out to start
there’s one way to find out to start
there’s one way to find out to start with we obviously needed some women and
with we obviously needed some women and
with we obviously needed some women and also some men this formidable group
also some men this formidable group
also some men this formidable group faced three tests wearing three very
faced three tests wearing three very
faced three tests wearing three very different outfits for our first test we
different outfits for our first test we
different outfits for our first test we needed to know how intelligent our group
needed to know how intelligent our group
needed to know how intelligent our group was so we gave them a math test dressed
was so we gave them a math test dressed
was so we gave them a math test dressed in their own clothes and since math
in their own clothes and since math
in their own clothes and since math tests aren’t particularly glamorous we
tests aren’t particularly glamorous we
tests aren’t particularly glamorous we invited this lovely lady to supervise
right if you’re feeling comfortable you
right if you’re feeling comfortable you can turn your papers over and begin the
can turn your papers over and begin the
can turn your papers over and begin the time starts now our participants had 10
time starts now our participants had 10
time starts now our participants had 10 minutes to answer 20 math questions so
minutes to answer 20 math questions so
minutes to answer 20 math questions so wearing their own clothes how did they
wearing their own clothes how did they
wearing their own clothes how did they do okay that’s time pens down please as
do okay that’s time pens down please as
do okay that’s time pens down please as a group they scored an average of 65
a group they scored an average of 65
a group they scored an average of 65 point five percent so they’re not
point five percent so they’re not
point five percent so they’re not geniuses but that’s alright because now
geniuses but that’s alright because now
geniuses but that’s alright because now we have a baseline but before we
we have a baseline but before we
we have a baseline but before we retested them in their swimwear we
retested them in their swimwear we
retested them in their swimwear we needed to eliminate the possibility that
needed to eliminate the possibility that
needed to eliminate the possibility that our subjects would test worse simply
our subjects would test worse simply
our subjects would test worse simply because they feel silly in bathing suits
because they feel silly in bathing suits
because they feel silly in bathing suits and not as our expert suggested because
and not as our expert suggested because
and not as our expert suggested because they feel self-conscious we put the
they feel self-conscious we put the
they feel self-conscious we put the subjects in something ridiculous
subjects in something ridiculous
subjects in something ridiculous scientifically ridiculous would their
scientifically ridiculous would their
scientifically ridiculous would their scores drop dress like this I’ve never
scores drop dress like this I’ve never
scores drop dress like this I’ve never really sat a maths test dressed as a
really sat a maths test dressed as a
really sat a maths test dressed as a mouse before someone it’s not the
mouse before someone it’s not the
mouse before someone it’s not the strongest look I’ve ever had
strongest look I’ve ever had
strongest look I’ve ever had I feel right time for test two your time
I feel right time for test two your time
I feel right time for test two your time starts again now again our participants
starts again now again our participants
starts again now again our participants had ten minutes to answer twenty math
had ten minutes to answer twenty math
had ten minutes to answer twenty math questions at the same level so the silly
questions at the same level so the silly
questions at the same level so the silly costumes may have made them feel stupid
costumes may have made them feel stupid
costumes may have made them feel stupid but did they actually make them stupid
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