EFFECTS OF CONFEDERATE AND SUBJECT GENDER ON CONFORMITY IN A COLOR CLASSIFICATION TASK

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A. Collin ◽  
Fred Di Sang ◽  
Rajesh Malik
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
Classification Task ◽  
Color Classification ◽  
Emotional Sensitivity ◽  
Female Subjects

Thirty-four college students were asked to classify ambiguous colors (e.g., blue-green) into their components (e.g., blue or green). They did this first while alone and later with confederates who opposed their previous answers. It was found that most subjects conformed to some degree, with results matching those of classic conformity studies. An ANOVA indicated that female subjects conformed more than males, but that there were no differences based on the gender of the confederates. An interpretation based on superior female emotional sensitivity is offered as an alternative to past explanations of this recurring gender difference.

Perceptions of Sex Roles of Young and Middle-Aged Women and Men

1982 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 559-562
Author(s):  
Claire Etaugh ◽  
Sharon Weber
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Roles ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Aged Woman ◽  
Male College ◽  
Middle Aged Woman ◽  
Age Related Changes ◽  
Female Subjects

48 female and 48 male college students used the Bern Sex-role Inventory to describe either a young or middle-aged woman or man. Female subjects perceived that women become increasingly feminine and less androgynous with age. No age-related changes were perceived in men's sex-role behaviors.

Cognitive Differences between the Sexes in Memory for Names and Faces

1977 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn A. Borges ◽  
Linda S. Vaughn
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Cognitive Differences ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female College ◽  
Face Matching ◽  
Matching Test ◽  
Test Female ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Female Subjects

22 male and 22 female college students were shown 30 pairs of faces and names to learn. Subsequent tests indicated that all students recognized more female stimuli than male stimuli and more names than faces. On the name-face matching test, female subjects performed better than did males, and male and female stimuli were matched equivalently.

Differences in Characteristics Preferred by College Students for Academic Advisors, Vocational Counselors, and Psychotherapists: A Preliminary Report

1982 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Somervill ◽  
Francisco X. Barrios ◽  
Richard M. Fleming ◽  
Todd C. Reiher ◽  
Nancy L. Fish
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Vocational Counseling ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
Academic Advisor ◽  
Male Experimenter ◽  
Female Subjects

144 college students rated an academic advisor, a vocational counselor, or a psychotherapist on 10 characteristics and subsequently rated each of the three types of counseling situations on how “personal” they perceived each to be. Sex of experimenter and sex of subject were varied systematically. Female subjects when tested by a male experimenter preferred a psychotherapist be more religious than an academic advisor or vocational counselor. Subjects viewed psychotherapy as a more personal situation than academic advising or vocational counseling.

Overlearning Reversal Effect with a Number-Classification Task

1985 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Paul Szalai
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Learning Task ◽  
Classification Task ◽  
Verbal Feedback ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Reversal Effect ◽  
Dimensional Complexity

A significant overlearning reversal effect was found in an experiment using number classification by oddness-evenness as the learning task, 19 college students and graduates as subjects, and both positive and negative verbal feedback as the reinforcer. A randomized two-group design was used. The importance of the dimensional complexity of the learning task in experiments producing overlearning reversal effect is discussed.

Gender Differences in Ego Level

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 752-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinne Hay Mabry
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
Ego Development ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Significant Gender Difference ◽  
Sentence Completion ◽  
Completion Test

Entering college students (110 women and 63 men) completed a short form (12 items) of the Washington Sentence Completion Test of ego development. Using a Cramer's Phi, a significant gender difference on ego level scores was found, with women scoring higher.

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