Verbal Estimations of Time at Four Spatial Distances

1972 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 411-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cephas J. Adkins
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Light Flash ◽  
Verbal Estimation ◽  
Kappa Effect

The method of verbal estimation was used to study the Kappa effect with unfilled, light-flash-bounded intervals of .5 to 22 sec. duration. Ss viewed dual flashes of one light and single flashes of paired lights set at 4-, 8-, 16-, and 32-in. horizontal separations. Group studies of 56 college students yielded evidence for larger estimations with greater light separation. A significant sex difference was found, female Ss giving longer estimations than males. 4 Ss were studied for 16 daily sessions to observe individual patterns and progressive changes in estimates.

Heavenly-Minded and Earthly Good: A Study of Social Interest, Ethical Style, and Word-Spirit Orientation among Christians

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore T.Y. Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Social Interest ◽  
Christian College ◽  
Behavioral Beliefs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Christian College Students ◽  
Behavioral Attitudes

The Social Interest Scale (SIS) and measures of religiosity, Word-Spirit orientation and ethical style were administered to 127 Christian college students to ascertain differences between those who were more conservative in their doctrinal beliefs and behavioral attitudes and those who were less conservative, between those who had a Word-oriented, Christian style and those who were Spirit-oriented, and among those whose ethical style was either Situational, Absolutistic, Subjectivistic or Exceptionistic, Results indicate that those students with more conservative doctrinal and behavioral beliefs tend to have higher SIS scores than these who are less conservative. Spirit-oriented Christians have higher SIS scores than Word-oriented Christians. Subjectivistic students tend to have the lowest SIS scores among the four ethical style positions. No sex difference is found. Implications for studying social interest among religious subjects are discussed along with ideas for further research.

Norm Setting for the Verbal Estimation of a 40-Second Interval by Women of Childbearing Age

1988 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 577-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Tatano Beck
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Female College ◽  
Verbal Estimation

95 female college students verbally estimated a 40-sec. interval. Norms for age groups between 19 and 49 yr. were determined. All age groups overestimated the 40-sec. time interval.

Sex Differences in Dimensions of Internal versus External Control

1978 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary E. Dudley
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Causal Model ◽  
External Control ◽  
Female Undergraduate ◽  
Undergraduate College Students ◽  
Control Construct

This study investigated the dimensions of Rotter's internal-external control construct in 92 male and 108 female undergraduate college students. The findings contrast with others in that a sex difference in factor structure was observed. The confounding effects of the I-E inventory were brought into focus in viewing causality from a four element framework, as suggested by attribution theorists, as opposed to a two element causal model, assumed by Rotter.

On Different Relationships between Dogmatism and Machiavellianism among Male and Female College Students

1976 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 779-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Steininger ◽  
Ellen Eisenberg
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female College ◽  
Response Set

A brief dogmatism scale and the Kiddie Machiavellianism Scale were answered by 112 male and 83 female students. The men's Mach scores were higher than the women's. The correlation between dogmatism and Mach— was not significant in either sex; in contrast, the correlation between dogmatism and Mach+ was significant for both sexes, r being significantly greater for the women than for the men. Agreement response set therefore seemed to be involved in the correlations between these scales for both sexes, though more for the women than the men. Factor by factor correlations indicated that for the men, the main other overlap between these two scales was an unflattering view of people, as hypothesized by Christie and Geis; for the women, however, the overlap between the scales was more extensive. The interpretation of this sex difference suggested the possibility that women may be more Machiavellian than their scores suggest and may even be more Machiavellian than men. though their scores typically suggest the opposite.

Do Women Spend More Time in the Restroom than Men?

2009 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 789-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle A. Baillie ◽  
Shawndel Fraser ◽  
Michael J. Brown
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Difference

120 college students were observed entering and exiting a public restroom. A significant sex difference was found (Cohen d = .34).

Interracial Dating: Attitudes and Experience among American College Students in California

2000 ◽  
Vol 87 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1059-1064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin S. Fiebert ◽  
Holly Karamol ◽  
Margo Kasdan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Asian American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Interracial Dating ◽  
Romantic Involvement ◽  
High Willingness

Dating and marriage crossing ethnic, racial, and cultural lines have become increasingly common in the United States. This study examined two aspects, interracial dating behavior and attitudes toward romantic involvement, in four ethnic groups of college students: Euro-American, Latino, Asian-American, and African-American. Subjects (196 men, 367 women) were surveyed with regard to their willingness to be romantically involved interracially or interculturally along with their actual interracial dating experience. Analysis indicated a high willingness in all ethnic groups to be romantically involved as well as an absence of sex difference with regard to both attitude and experience. However, there were differences in both attitude and experience among ethnic groups.

Learning Effects of Knowledge of Results upon Time Estimation

1985 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 871-877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Montare
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Time Estimation ◽  
Learning Effects ◽  
Major Conclusion ◽  
Knowledge Of Results ◽  
Independent Measure ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Method Of Production

College students of both sexes served as their own controls to test three hypotheses in each of two separate experiments designed to assess the learning effects of knowledge of results upon time estimation. The results indicated that (1) knowledge of results in the form of feedback to the nearest hundredth of a second significantly increased the mean accuracy of time estimations obtained by the method of production, (2) that knowledge of results significantly decreased the variance of the time estimations, and (3) that sex difference as a main effect was not significant in either experiment. A major conclusion of the present study was that variance represents an authentic and independent measure of learning.

Attitudes of Fundamentalists toward Nonmarital Sex

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 921-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen M. Maret ◽  
Lezlie D. Maret
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Sexual Relations

This study assessed the attitudes of fundamentalists and nonfundamentalists toward nonmarital sex. Subjects were 151 college students. Fundamentalists were significantly less accepting of both premarital and extramarital sexual relations than nonfundamentalists. A sex difference was also evident regardless of religious indication; males showed more approval than females for both types of nonmarital sex. Implications are discussed.

Relations of College Students' Attitudes toward Prevention of HIV and Aids

2006 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-350
Author(s):  
Mohammad R. Torabi ◽  
Krisha Thiagarajah
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Sex Difference ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Midwestern University ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Prevention Of Hiv

This study investigated current attitudes towards HIV prevention in a sample of 1,061 college students enrolled at a midwestern university. The survey was a self-administered set of 8 demographic questions and 15 questions about attitudes. The findings indicated sex difference in overall attitudes, with females having more positive attitudes than male peers with regard to HIV prevention. Also, analysis of variance indicated ethnicity was related to overall attitudes toward HIV prevention. It appears that education which might reduce the prevalence of HIV infection should consider programs specific to sex and ethnicity.

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