Do spatial skills contribute to sex differences in different types of mathematical problems?

1984 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 678-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippa Pattison ◽  
Norma Grieve
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Spatial Skills ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Mathematical Problems

Auditory Perception of Rhyming in Kindergarten Children

1973 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 482-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
June D. Knafle
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Auditory Perception ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Consonant Sounds

One hundred and eighty-nine kindergarten children were given a CVCC rhyming test which included four slightly different types of auditory differentiation. They obtained a greater number of correct scores on categories that provided maximum contrasts of final consonant sounds than they did on categories that provided less than maximum contrasts of final consonant sounds. For both sexes, significant differences were found between the categories; although the sex differences were not significant, girls made more correct rhyming responses than boys on the most difficult category.

Do Men and Women Feel Extreme Jealousy in Different Types of Relationships? Sex Differences in the Contexts of Jealousy and Envy

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad J. Sagarin ◽  
Katharine E. Seidelman ◽  
Leah Peryer ◽  
Jeremy Heider ◽  
Sherman B. Serna
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Different Types

scholarly journals Spatial anxiety: A novel questionnaire with subscales for measuring three aspects of spatial anxiety

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 526-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian M. Lyons ◽  
Gerardo Ramirez ◽  
Erin A. Maloney ◽  
Danielle N. Rendina ◽  
Susan C. Levine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
External Validity ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Spatial Skills ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Potential Barriers ◽  
Spatial Tasks ◽  
Objective Performance ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Data Driven Approach

Spatial skills are a strong predictor of achievement and pursuit of employment in STEM fields. However, some individuals experience anxiety arising from situations that require performing spatial tasks in an evaluative context, and as a result, may avoid spatial related mental activities and exposure to spatially relevant experiences. We sought to generate and validate an instrument capable of reliably measuring individual differences in experiences of spatial anxiety. We developed a spatial anxiety data-driven approach, wherein an exploratory factor analysis was conducted within the framework for different types of spatial skills outlined by Uttal et al. (2013; https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028446). In Study 1, factor analyses revealed that items loaded on three factors that corresponded well with some of the most common spatial abilities that have been discussed in the broader literature: navigation, mental-manipulation and imagery. The three subscales were high in internal reliability and between-scale selectivity. Study 2 then established that external validity was good for the navigation and manipulation subscales: higher anxiety ratings uniquely predicted lower objective performance and lower attitude/ability ratings on established measures within the respective subdomains. External validity was acceptable for the imagery subscale, uniquely predicting lower attitude/ability ratings on an established spatial imagery questionnaire. The overall result is an empirically validated Spatial Anxiety scale for use with adults that also respects the multifaceted nature of spatial processing. This questionnaire has the potential to provide a more comprehensive screening tool for spatial anxiety, and is a step toward identifying potential barriers to STEM education.

scholarly journals Are There Sex Differences in Reaction to Different Types of Sexual Infidelity?

Psychology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 161-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Joel Wade ◽  
Ryan Kelley ◽  
Dominique Church
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Sexual Infidelity ◽  
Different Types

Measurement in Rehabilitation — Lies, damned lies and statistics

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-68
Author(s):  
Hugh G. Dickson
Keyword(s):  
American Medical Association ◽  
Functional Independence Measure ◽  
Rehabilitation Medicine ◽  
Functional Independence ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Standard Data ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Functional Measure ◽  
Australian Standard ◽  
Mathematical Problems

Measurement in Rehabilitation Medicine commences with clear definitions of the terms used and clear ideas about the nature of the entity being measured. In this lecture, issues such as goal based measurement, the difficulties of comparison, weighting systems, different types of scales, and the mathematical problems they present are discussed. Scales discussed include the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, and the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). Caution is necessary when drawing conclusions from statistics generated from ordinal scales, especially when comparisons are being made. The Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine supports the use of standard measures and has developed an Australian Standard Data Set for Rehabilitation Medicine. The functional measure used in this data set is the FIM.

Exploration of the Benefits of an Activity-Specific Test of Temperament

2009 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 643-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina N. Trofimova
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Experimental Task ◽  
Specific Test ◽  
Specific Approach ◽  
General Arousal ◽  
Verbal Activity ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Assessment Activity ◽  
Strength Of Excitation

The Structure of Temperament Questionnaire (STQ) was proposed by Rusalov in 1989 and subsequently tested in five languages. The questionnaire assesses four temperamental traits (Ergonicity, Plasticity, Tempo, and Emotionality) in three separate areas of activity: physical, verbal-social, and intellectual. The scales are all activity-specific. In 775 Canadian subjects, two temperament tests were compared, both developed on the basis of Pavlovian studies of the nervous system: the activity-specific approach (STQ) and the nonspecific Pavlovian Temperamental Survey (PTS). More significant sex differences were found on activity-specific scales of the STQ than on the nonspecific PTS scales. The pattern of correlations between the STQ scales and the time taken on an experimental task requiring a prolonged and intense word-assessment activity showed stronger correlations with the specific scales of the STQ measuring the dynamic aspects of social-verbal activity, and not with the PTS Strength of Excitation scale, which is based on a “general arousal” concept. The results supported the separation of temperament traits related to three different types of activities and opposed to “general arousal” theories of temperament.

Sex differences in validity for academic and employment criteria, and different types of predictors.

1978 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neal Schmitt ◽  
Phyllis M. Mellon ◽  
Carol Bylenga
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Different Types

Sex Differences in Processing Printed Advertisements

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 814-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjay Putrevu
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Depth Of Processing ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Persuasive Communications ◽  
College Age ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Processing Styles ◽  
Different Types

The success of using biological sex to divide or segment markets requires a thorough understanding of how men and women process and respond to advertisements and other persuasive communications. Toward this end, this research ( N = 64; 32 men and 32 women) studied how college-age men and women respond to printed advertisements. There were no differences between the sexes in recall and recognition of claims in advertisements, but men and women generated different types of message relevant thoughts—women generated more category thoughts and men generated more attribute thoughts, suggesting that, while women and men might not differ in the depth of processing, they might use different processing styles.

Semantic and Affective Verbal Fluency: Sex Differences

2013 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 246-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Gawda ◽  
Ewa Malgorzata Szepietowska
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Important Influence ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Semantic Verbal Fluency ◽  
Different Types

Sex may have an important influence on verbal fluency. The aim of this study is to examine possible sex differences in different types of verbal fluency. Four tasks of verbal fluency were used in this study: two tasks of semantic verbal fluency ( Animals, Fruits) and two tasks of affective verbal fluency ( Pleasant, Unpleasant). The results were analysed for 200 adults aged 18 to 70 years. The number of correctly enumerated words, the number of phonemic clusters, the number of semantic clusters, and the number of phonemic and semantic switches were recorded. The results confirmed data about sex differences in verbal fluency performance. Statistically significant differences in verbal fluency between men and women were found only in affective tasks. Sex is not a strong predictor of semantic verbal fluency performance, but a statistically significant predictor for negative affective verbal fluency.

Basics of the Graphical Representation of Parts - Views and Sectional Views

2014 ◽  
Vol 657 ◽  
pp. 1088-1092
Author(s):  
Ramona Clinciu
Keyword(s):  
Graphical Representation ◽  
Spatial Skills ◽  
Technical Drawing ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Spatial Shape ◽  
Mapping Techniques ◽  
3D Shapes

The proposed paper presents applications developed in 3D Studio MAX programme, by using the mapping techniques and the animation facilities available in this programme. These applications are frequently used in teaching technical drawing and they reveal the principles and methods for constructing and modelling different types of parts and their appropriate orthographic projections. Since the parts considered are parts that are usually met in engineering, the applications presented prove to be a helpfull tool for learning and education in engineering. Graphical representation and solids modelling are very important in teaching technical drawing and the applications developed on this purpose use the facilities available in the 3D Studio MAX programme the rendering, mapping and animation techniques and the experience of the author in teaching graphical subjects. The applications presented include different 3D shapes of parts and they are presented gradually, in a manner which facilitates the development of the spatial skills of the students, making easier the effort for understanding the connection between the shape of the part and the types and the minimum number of orthographic projections - views and/or sectional views needed for defining the part. The realism of the scenes created in the the 3D Studio MAX programme help students understand easily the shapes of solids and make quickly the connection between the spatial shape of the part and the appropriate number of orthographic projections needed for representing the part, making the lessons more atractive for the students.

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