Relationships between Experiences, Processing Style, and Sex-Related Differences in Performance on Spatial Tests
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 62 (2) , 447-460
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1986.62.2.447
Abstract
53 female and 45 male undergraduates were administered the Spatial Antecedents Questionnaire (Activities, Academic Courses, Self-assessments, and Environmental Mapping subscales), the Spatial Dimensionality Test (Embedded Figures, Card Rotations, Paper Folding, Surface Development, Horizontal/Vertical Rotations, and Cube Perspectives subtests), and Revised-Individual Differences Questionnaire of Paivio. Scores from the Academic Courses and Self-assessment scales accounted for the most variability in spatial performance. Visual processing style correlated with performance on spatial tests for men, but not for women. Different patterns of activities and experiences correlated with spatial test performance for men and women.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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