GENDER DIFFERENCES ON THE WPPSI, THE WISC-R, AND WPPSI-R

The WPPSI, WISC-R, and WPPSI-R were administered in a counterbalanced design to 72 children between the ages of 5 years, 10 months, 16 days, and 6 years, 7 months, and 15 days to test the hypothesis that mean v erbal IQs on these scales would be higher for boys than for girls. Res ults indicated that the mean verbal IQs for boys were significantly (p <.05) higher than those for girls on all three scales. Also, significa nt (p<.05) differences favoring boys were found on Vocabulary and Comp rehension subtests on all three scales. These differences are probably a peculiarity of these scales and may not need any elaborate theoreti cal explanation. However, clinical uses of verbal and performance IQ d iscrepancies may not justifiably ignore the examinees' gender.