Type of Items and the Magnitude of Gender Differences on the Mental Rotations Test

From: Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: Hou, Junjie; Voyer, Daniel | Copyright information

Abstract

The present study considered the structure of the drawings used in the Mental Rotations Test (MRT) to examine whether distractors that are either a mirror image or structurally different from the target as well as response alternatives with occluded and nonoccluded parts affect the magnitude of gender differences on this test. One hundred and three women and 100 men undergraduate students were given unlimited time to complete the MRT. A gender by occlusion interaction on corre...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Type of Items and the Magnitude of Gender Differences on the Mental Rotations Test
Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology ; Abstract The present study considered the structure of the drawings used in the Mental Rotations Test (MRT) to examine whether distractors that are either a mirror image or structurally different from the target as well as response alternatives with occluded and nonoccluded parts affect the
Gender differences regarding mathematics: achievement: the case of Turkish middle school students.(Report)
School Science and Mathematics ; The purpose of this study was to explore gender differences in mathematics achievement as demonstrated by performance on the mathematics subsection of a nationwide high school entrance examination in Turkey. In this study, the cities in Turkey were separated into five groups according to their
Gender Differences in Mathematics Achievement Among High School Students in the United Arab Emirates, 1991-2000.(Statistical Data Included)
School Science and Mathematics ; This study explored gender differences in mathematics achievement of students in the last grade of high school and changes in these differences over a 10-year period in United Arab Emirates. A random sample of 2,000 students. 100 males and 100 females for each of the 10 academic years, was taken
Gender differences in object location memory: A meta-analysis
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review ; The goal of the present study was to quantify the magnitude of gender differences in object location memory tasks. A total of 123 effect sizes (d) drawn from 36 studies were included in a meta-analysis using a hierarchical approach. Object identity memory (37 effect sizes) and object location
Gender differences in mathematical sub-skills
Research in Education ; Research into gender differences in mathematical achievement has focused on differences in general samples (Hyde et al.,1990: Stevenson et al., 1990) and differences in gifted samples (Benbow, 1988; Benbow and Stanley, 1983). It has been argued that in general samples of pupils gender differences
Gender Differences in Science Achievement: Differential Effect of Ability, Response Format, and Strands of Learning Outcomes.
School Science and Mathematics ; The purpose of this study was to determine patterns of gender differences in science achievement of fifth graders, taking into account the role of ethnicity, ability, response format, and strands of learning outcomes. The results indicated that the gender differences in science achievement did not
Bedroom design and decoration: gender differences in preference and activity.(Report)
Adolescence ; Bandura (1986) contends that environmental events, personal characteristics, and behavior influence each other bidirectionally. Behavior is regulated by personal and environmental characteristics, environmental events are regulated by personal characteristics and behavior, and personal
Gender differences in the experience of heterosexual intercourse.
The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality ; ABSTRACT: This paper describes the development and testing of a self-report scale delineating the components of the experience of heterosexual intercourse of both men and women. In a preliminary study, 70 men freely expressed the feelings, thoughts, and motives involved in the experience of
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG KUWAIT UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES
Social Behavior and Personality ; This study examined the health status of Kuwait University undergraduates. The Health Problems Checklist (Schinka, 1989) was administered to determine the prevalence and the gender differences in health problems among 945 subjects (343 males and 602 females). The frequency percentage to test the
Gender Differences in Mathematical Trajectories. (*).(Statistical Data Included)
Social Forces ; Whether boys' mathematical skills are superior to girls' has been a controversial topic among social scientists for decades. Strong evidence for a male advantage comes from Benbow and Stanley's Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY), which began in 1972. Gifted 7th graders were invited to