Intratest and Sex Differences on a Portable Rod-and-Frame Test

1971 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 727-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin E. Morf ◽  
Robert D. Kavanaugh ◽  
Marc Mc Conville
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Energy Level ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Female College ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Rod And Frame Test ◽  
Rod And Frame

Portable Rod-and-frame Test (RFT) scores and the Jackson Personality Inventory (JPI) scale scores were obtained for 41 male and 41 female college students. Two partial RFT scores were computed: the summed deviations of RFT Trials 1 to 8 and RFT Trials 9 to 16. The results suggest that RFT performance of men and women is a function of different determinants and that, at least for men, performance on Trials 1 to 8 is a function of different determinants than performance on Trials 9 to 16. To explain a major portion of the variance of RFT performance an arousal interpretation appears useful for men and an interpretation in terms of energy level for women.

Sex Differences in Privacy Preferences

1987 ◽  
Vol 64 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1239-1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darhl M. Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College ◽  
Privacy Preferences ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Mean

A Privacy Questionnaire was administered to 118 male and 142 female college students to determine differences in the patterns of privacy preferences between the sexes. The questionnaire contained factor scales for measuring six independent types of privacy. t-tests showed that the means for women were significantly higher than those for men in their preferences for Intimacy with Family and Intimacy with Friends. On the other hand, for Isolation the mean for men was significantly higher than that for women. There were no significant differences between the means for the two sexes on the remaining three dimensions, Reserve, Solitude, and Anonymity.

Effects of Tasks Interpolated during Rest on Reminiscence for Pursuit-Rotor Performance and Inverted-Alphabet Printing: A Test of a Consolidation Theory of Reminiscence

1981 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 867-877
Author(s):  
James D. St. James ◽  
H. D. Day
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
No Reduction ◽  
Rest Period ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Rotary Pursuit ◽  
Female College ◽  
Consolidation Theory ◽  
Pursuit Rotor ◽  
Mirror Tracing

As a test of a consolidation theory of reminiscence, 150 female college students practiced inverted-alphabet printing and the pursuit rotor for 5 min., rested for 20 min., and then practiced for 2 more min. During the rest period, some subjects rested while others performed reverse-cue rotary pursuit or mirror tracing. No reduction in reminiscence produced by tasks occurring during the rest period was found. While the failure to support a consolidation theory of reminiscence could not be explained, the possibility of sex differences in response to tasks occurring during the rest period was discussed.

Inter- vs Intramodal Performance of College Men and Women: A Replication

1978 ◽  
Vol 46 (3_suppl2) ◽  
pp. 1305-1306
Author(s):  
Jonathan Gould
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Visual Stimuli ◽  
College Men ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Matching Task ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Female College

Intermodal and intramodal functioning in the auditory and visual sensory modes along a temporal dimension were investigated for 52 male and 52 female college students, ranging in age from 17 to 33 yr. Auditory and visual stimuli were presented electronically in a same-different matching task. Four separate conditions were investigated, auditory-auditory, visual-visual, auditory-visual, and visual-auditory. An analysis of variance showed women made significantly more correct responses than men. No significant differences were found between the groups' performance on intramodal and intermodal tasks. Results are consistent with an earlier report by Gould (1977).

Clinical Judgment: A Search for Sex Differences

1975 ◽  
Vol 37 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1135-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter B. Zeldow
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Clinical Judgment ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Clinical Judgments ◽  
Female College ◽  
Psychiatric Intervention

Two studies investigated the effects of sex differences on clinical judgments. In Study I, 50 male and 50 female college students evaluated self-disclosing statements attributed to seriously disturbed psychiatric patients of both sexes. Judgments of emotional maladjustment were not influenced by sex of patient or judge. In Study II, 80 psychologically more knowledgeable judges read eight case studies and evaluated the patients in terms of degree of maladjustment, need for psychiatric intervention, and prognosis. Sex of patient had no effect on any of these judgments. Sex of judge frequently influenced judgments of need for intervention. No effect of Sex of Patient × Sex of Judge was observed. Discussion emphasized that sex-related bias in clinical judgments is not all-pervasive and that sex of patient rarely elicits bias by itself. The finding that women consistently perceive a greater need for intervention than do males is provocative but requires more precision in defining the types of intervention on which judges of both sexes differ.

Use of Animal and opposite Drawings in Assessment of Gender Identity of Young Adults

1981 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 987-993
Author(s):  
Michael Fleming ◽  
Deborah Cohen ◽  
Patricia Salt
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female College ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
Drawing Technique

The results of an analysis of responses to the Animal and Opposite Drawing Technique are presented for 134 male and female college students matched on age and education. The majority of both men and women drew same-sexed animals first, and just over half drew second animals which they identified as being of the opposite sex of their first drawings. Implications for the use of this technique to assess an individual's gender identity and other prominent concerns are discussed.

Reported Head Injury and Sex Differences in Color Naming, Color Matching, and Digit-String Matching

1992 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 511-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond L. Majeres ◽  
Angela R. Demovic ◽  
Lea Ann D. Preston
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Head Injury ◽  
String Matching ◽  
Color Naming ◽  
Residual Effects ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Color Matching ◽  
Female College ◽  
Digit String

It was hypothesized that the observed sex differences on three speeded tasks could be accounted for in terms of the greater incidence of head injury in men than in women. In two studies of 64 male and 66 female college students significant sex differences were found on digit-string matching and color-matching tasks. When the data from those 39 subjects with reported histories of head injury were eliminated from the analysis or head-injury reports were statistically controlled, significant sex differences remained. Digit-string matching times were significantly correlated with reported head injury in both studies, suggesting that this test is sensitive to residual effects of head injury.

Reliability of the Finger Tapping Test and a Note on Sex Differences

1979 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Morrison ◽  
Robert J. Gregory ◽  
J. Joseph Paul
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Finger Tapping ◽  
Test Interpretation ◽  
Ratio Score ◽  
Single Test ◽  
Female College ◽  
Finger Tapping Test ◽  
Reliability Coefficients

The reliability of the Finger Tapping Test was investigated in two studies. In the test-retest condition 30 male and 30 female college students were tested twice by the same examiner. In the inter-examiner condition 30 male and 30 female college students were tested once by each of two examiners. Reliability coefficients for the dominant and nondominant hands were high in both studies (about .8), as contrasted with that of the ratio score (about .5), casting doubt on the use of the ratio score to lateralize impairment. Significant sex differences (males about 3 taps faster) were found, calling into question the use of single test interpretation schemes. Slight inter-examiner differences in mean scores were also detected.

Sex Differences in the Perception of Touching

1978 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 577-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Maier ◽  
Robert C. Ernest
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Sex Typing ◽  
Female College

Sex differences in the perception of touching were investigated by having 25 male and 25 female college students rate how likeable a touch would be under different conditions. The women produced a more favorable affect than the men when they touched, and women were perceived as liking to be touched mote than men. Perception of touching in general was correlated positively with Self-esteem for men, negatively with Machiavellianism for women, and positively with Trust for women. Results were discussed in terms of traditional sex-typing of touching behavior.

Sex Differences in Coping with Death Anxiety

1976 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 945-946 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Chiappetta ◽  
H. Hugh Floyd ◽  
Dennis R. McSeveney
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Female College ◽  
High Death ◽  
Coping With Death

97 female college students tended to manifest higher death anxiety than did 43 males. Data suggest that persons with high death anxiety may tend to cope with this anxiety through cognitive manipulation of their ideal and real or anticipated ages at death.

A Comparison of Male and Female College Students' Experiences of Sexual Coercion

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia F. O'Sullivan ◽  
E. Sandra Byers ◽  
Larry Finkelman
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Great Degree ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female College

Research comparing men's and women's experiences of sexual coercion has typically assessed differences in prevalence rates and risk. We extended this line of research by comparing the contexts of sexual coercion and reactions to sexually coercive experiences in an attempt to understand the meanings that men and women attribute to these events. Participants were 433 randomly selected college students who responded to an anonymous survey. In line with past research, more men than women reported being sexually coercive, and more women than men reported being sexually coerced in the preceding year. There was a great degree of correspondence between men's and women's reports of the contexts within which sexual coercion occurred. According to their reports, sexual coercion occurred primarily within the heterosexual dating context. Compared to men, however, women reported more negative reactions and stronger resistance to the use of sexual coercion. These findings emphasize how comparisons of prevalence rates alone may obscure important differences in the phenomenology of sexually coercive incidents for men and women. Findings are discussed in terms of implications for the development of education and prevention programs and the need to reevaluate current approaches to interpreting prevalence reports.

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