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Resources dimorphism sexual selection and mathematics achievement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Diana Eugenie Kornbrot
Affiliation:
University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, United Kingdomd.e.kornbrot@herts.ac.uk

Abstract

Geary's model is a worthy effort, but ambiguous on important issues. It ignores differential resource allocation, although this follows directly from sexual selection via differential parental investment. Dimorphism in primary traits is arbitrarily attributed to sexual selection via intramale competition, rather than direct evolutionary pressures. Dubious predictions are made about the consequences of raising mathematics achievement.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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