[wisb] Re: Men vs. Women - Which of us sees the birds better?
- From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 17:25:39 -0700 (PDT)
This paper doesn't address Andrea's question directly, but it seems to suggest
that men *think* they are better at bird identification than women think they
are...
Cooper, Caren B., and Jennifer A. Smith. Gender Patterns in Bird-related
Recreation in the USA and UK. Ecology and Society. Vol. 15, No. 4, Art. 4.
2010. http://bit.ly/fG7fHf
"Recent work has shown that gender differences in entering competitions were
related to the gender differences in overconfidence as well as basic gender
preferences (Niederle and Vesterlund 2007). Males are more likely to be
overconfident, i.e., rank themselves higher than their actual abilities
relative to others, whereas females are more likely to be under confident,
i.e., rank themselves lower than their actual abilities relative to others
(e.g., Beyer 1990, Beyer and Bowden 1997). Gender differences in overconfidence
are somewhat task-dependent, that is, more likely if the task is easy and/or
perceived as being in the male domain (Lundeberg et al. 1994). Gender
differences in confidence have been found in other studies of bird-related
recreation. For example, in a survey of Carolina Bird Club members, males
judged their bird identification skills higher than females, and 14% of
females, compared to <1% of males, opted to not rank themselves at all
(Moore et al. 2008)."
Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee
--- On Sun, 4/3/11, Andrea Szymczak <harrierhawk1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Andrea Szymczak <harrierhawk1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [wisb] Men vs. Women - Which of us sees the birds better?
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, April 3, 2011, 7:22 PM
> Before the expected front moves
> through and lights up this listserv with many new species
> reports, I wondered what we all think about this
> question.......
> I've always thought that men often seem to VISUALLY detect
> birds before women do. Perhaps it has something to do
> with our ancestors hunting and having to see a potential
> meal camouflaged in various backgrounds? Personally, I
> rely more on my hearing to help me locate birds. That
> having been said, I remember Bill Cowart once telling me
> that women's visual acuity was better and that they could
> often see distant approaching hawks before the men could.
> Opinions?
> Andrea Szymczak
> Waukesha, WI
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