Definition von Intelligenz:

Die allgemeine Intelligenz lässt sich "am ehesten über die Schnelligkeit und Effektivität des Wahrnehmens, Erinnerns, Vorstellens und Denkens / Problemlösens" definieren.

Gerhard Roth

[Fasst man den Denkbegriff weit, so lässt sich Intelligenz durchaus darüber definieren, wie schnell und wirksam eine bestimmte Person denkt. Dies beantwortet jedoch nicht die Frage, was "denken" an und für sich ist. Denken an und für sich kann man in diesem Zusammenhang als einen Ordnungssuchvorgang verstehen. D.h. ein Denkvorgang versucht an den Ereignissen oder Gegenständen der Um- und Innenwelt Strukturen, Zusammenhänge, Regelmäßigkeiten, Muster, etc, aufzufinden.]

Is "sick" the right word?

Is "sick" the right word?
Peter Frost (2015)

Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being and Their Relationships with Gender Equality

Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being and Their Relationships with Gender Equality
Gerhard Meisenberg & Michael A. Woodley (2015)


Abstract

Although most surveys of happiness and general life satisfaction find only small differences between men and women, women report slightly higher subjective well-being than men in some countries, and slightly lower subjective well-being in others. The present study investigates the social and cultural conditions that favor higher female relative to male happiness and life satisfaction. Results from more than 90 countries represented in the World Values Survey show that conditions associated with a high level of female relative to male happiness and life satisfaction include a high proportion of Muslims in the country, a low proportion of Catholics, and absence of communist history. Among indicators of gender equality, a low rate of female non-agricultural employment is associated with higher female-versus-male happiness and satisfaction. Differences in the rate of female non-agricultural employment explain part of the effects of communist history and prevailing religion. They may also explain the recent observation of declining female life satisfaction in the United States.

Are gifted adolescents more satisfied with their lives than their non-gifted peers?

Are gifted adolescents more satisfied with their lives than their non-gifted peers?
Sebastian Bergold, Linda Wirthwein, Detlef H. Rost, and Ricarda Steinmayr (2015)


Abstract

Studies investigating the life satisfaction of intellectually gifted and non-gifted students are scarce and often suffer from methodological shortcomings. We examined the life satisfaction of gifted and non-gifted adolescents using a rather unselected sample of N = 655 German high-school students (n = 75 gifted), adequate comparison groups of non-gifted students, and a clear definition of giftedness (general intelligence g > 2 SD above the mean). There was no difference in life satisfaction between gifted and non-gifted adolescents (d < |0.1|). Girls reported somewhat lower life satisfaction scores than boys (d = 0.24). However, this result was not specific to giftedness but was instead found across the entire sample. Thus, gifted girls were not found to be especially unsatisfied with their lives. Our findings support previous research showing that giftedness is not a risk factor for impaired psycho-social well-being of boys or girls.

Evolution of Long Hair

Evolution of Long Hair -> pdf
Peter Frost (2015)

Hormonal contraceptive use during relationship formation and sexual desire during pregnancy

Hormonal contraceptive use during relationship formation and sexual desire during pregnancy
Kelly D. Cobey, Jan Havlíček, Katerina Klapilová and S. Craig Roberts (2015)


Abstract

Women who are regularly cycling exhibit different partner preferences than those who use hormonal contraception. Preliminary evidence appears to suggest that during pregnancy women’s partner preferences also diverge from those prevalent while regularly cycling. This is consistent with the general assertion that women’s mate preferences are impacted by hormonal variation. During pregnancy women’s preferences are thought to closely resemble those displayed by women who are using hormonal contraception. Here, based on this literature, we compare levels of sexual desire among pregnant women who met their partner while using hormonal contraception and pregnant women who met their partner while regularly cycling. We predicted that women who met their partner while using hormonal contraception would experience higher levels of in-pair sexual desire during pregnancy since these women will have partner preferences that more closely match those prevalent at the time of their partner choice. Our results provide support for the idea that previous contraceptive use/non-use may impact subsequent sexual desire for the partner during pregnancy. Pregnant women who met their partner while using hormonal contraception were shown to have higher levels of in-pair sexual desire than those who met while regularly cycling. In contrast, levels of extra-pair desire were not related to previous use/non-use of hormonal contraception. These findings were robust when controlling for a number of relevant individual difference variables known to impact sexual desire. Our results thus provide a more fine grained understanding of factors affecting relationship functioning during pregnancy. 

England & Wales: Percentage of women remaining childless by their 30th birthday and completion of childbearing, by year of birth of woman

[Source | h/t hbd chick]