Gender and age effects interact in preschoolers' help-seeking: evidence for differential responses to changes in task difficulty

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1107-1120 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. BRUCE THOMPSON ◽  
THOMAS COTHRAN ◽  
DANIEL MCCALL
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Partial Correlations ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Vygotskian Theory

ABSTRACTThis study explored preschool age and gender differences in help-seeking within the theoretical framework of scaffolded problem-solving and self-regulation (Bruner, 1986; Rogoff, 1990; Vygotsky, 1978; 1986). Within-subject analyses tracked changes in help-seeking among 62 preschoolers (34 boys, 28 girls, mean age 4.22 years) solving a challenging puzzle with an adult. The goal was to document whether age and gender interact with fluctuating difficulty to affect children's spontaneous help-seeking. ANOVAs indicated that girls used more help-seeking during difficult segments of the task, despite performance equal to the boys. This pattern was strongest among older girls, who outperformed all other children and used the most help-seeking. Partial correlations, controlling for solving time, indicated that age predicted children's help-seeking during the most difficult segments of the task, but only among girls. Gender differences in social–linguistic maturation and cognitive development are discussed within the framework of Vygotskian theory and related educational practice.

scholarly journals Attitude toward Nature in School and University Students from Megalopolis

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-97
Author(s):  
E.A. Mukhortova
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Female Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Entire Sample ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Affective Component ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Connection With Nature ◽  
And Gender

The problem of attitude to nature and especially to plants, despite a large number of works, remains still actual. This paper describes the study of gender and age aspects of the attitude towards nature among modern teenagers and youth living in a megapolis. An assumption was made that college students as compared with schoolchildren, as well as girls compared with boys, may have a more positive attitude to nature, and their connection with nature is stronger. The study used «Naturaphil» (S.D. Deryabo, V.A. Yаsvin) method and the questionnaire «People and plants» (S.K. Nartova-Bochaver, E.A. Mukhortova). 144 respondents were surveyed, 102 females and 42 males, including 72 collegestudents (Mage=20.56) and 72 eighth grade school students (Mage=14.0). The age- and gender-related characteristics are described of the attitude to nature, the structure of the attitude to nature and plants in teenagers and students is presented. The leading component in the structure of relations to nature in the entire sample is the perceptual-affective component; the less in intensity were the scales actional, practical, and cognitive. The results obtained indicate that in youth, the strength of connection with nature may appear higher than in adolescence. Certain gender differences were also established: the indicators of the questionnaire «People and plants» are significantly higher in the female group. Girls were characterized by a more positive attitude to the plant world: they obtained a higher overall score, as well as on the scales of Aesthetics, Connection with nature and Ecology.

Age and Gender Differences in the Variability of Vocational Interests

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei Ion ◽  
Christopher D. Nye ◽  
Dragoş Iliescu
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Age And Gender Differences ◽  
And Gender

Gender- and age-related differences in the variability of various human attributes and abilities have been investigated. This article investigates the age and gender differences in the variability of Holland’s six vocational dimensions with a sample including 1,519 participants, divided into four age groups: early adolescence (12–15 years old), adolescence (16–20 years old), young adulthood (21–30 years old), and adulthood (31–59 years old). The results showed nontrivial differences in the variability of vocational interests across gender and age groups alike. Although significant differences in variability were observed for all vocational interest dimensions except investigative, the most pronounced differences in variability across age and gender were observed for realistic and conventional dimensions. Generally, the observed differences in variability were larger in adolescence than in adulthood. Overall, vocational interests displayed less differentiation within the younger age groups (early adolescence and early adulthood) as compared to adulthood.

Competitive Style and Game Preference

1983 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dickinson ◽  
T. Sebastien ◽  
L. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
The North ◽  
Competitive Game ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Gender And Age Differences ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Age Range

Children in the age range 8 to 13 years (72 males and 53 females), completed a game preference questionnaire and participated in a novel competitive game task, both the questionnaire and method of approach to the game could be evaluated in order to classify subjects as potents, fortunists, strategists, or potent-strategists in terms of competitive style. Predictions were made on the basis of studies within and between cultures concerning gender differences in competitive style. Based on evidence from within the North American culture, predictions were made concerning game preference and age differences. The results supported the predictions in terms of gender differences. Changes in game preference with age and gender, and age differences in competitive-style also conformed with predictions. It is considered that the novel competitive game task might make a useful instrument for evaluating competitive style.

Race and gender differences in attitudes toward help seeking among marginalized young adults with mood disorders: A mixed-methods investigation.

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah C. Narendorf ◽  
Michelle R. Munson ◽  
Shelly Ben-David ◽  
Andrea R. Cole ◽  
Lionel D. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Age and Gender as Cyber Attribution Features in Keystroke Dynamic-Based User Classification Processes

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 835
Author(s):  
Ioannis Tsimperidis ◽  
Cagatay Yucel ◽  
Vasilios Katos
Keyword(s):  
High Accuracy ◽  
Keystroke Dynamics ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Common Features ◽  
User Classification ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Keystroke Dynamic

Keystroke dynamics are used to authenticate users, to reveal some of their inherent or acquired characteristics and to assess their mental and physical states. The most common features utilized are the time intervals that the keys remain pressed and the time intervals that are required to use two consecutive keys. This paper examines which of these features are the most important and how utilization of these features can lead to better classification results. To achieve this, an existing dataset consisting of 387 logfiles is used, five classifiers are exploited and users are classified by gender and age. The results, while demonstrating the application of these two characteristics jointly on classifiers with high accuracy, answer the question of which keystroke dynamics features are more appropriate for classification with common classifiers.

scholarly journals Exploiting the Molecular Basis of Age and Gender Differences in Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Infections.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Mercatelli ◽  
Elisabetta Pedace ◽  
Pierangelo Veltri ◽  
Federico M. Giorgi ◽  
Pietro Hiram Guzzi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Molecular Basis ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Age And Gender Differences ◽  
And Gender
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