Rahe, Martina and Ruthsatz, Vera and Jansen, Petra and Quaiser-Pohl, Claudia (2019) Different practice effects for males and females by psychometric and chronometric mental-rotation tests. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 31 (1). pp. 92-103. ISSN 2044-5911, 2044-592X
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Gender differences in the psychometric mental-rotation test are usually larger than in the chronometric version. In both tests, practice effects appear for males and females. In this study, 104 participants (54 females, 50 males, age: 21.72 years) completed both tests in counterbalanced order. In the chronometric test, only males reacted and rotated significantly faster after the practice with the psychometric test. A strong practice effect independently of gender was found in the psychometric test and a gender difference in accuracy in favour of males. Males reported more confidence and females rated the perceived pressure of the time limit of the psychometric test higher than males. Consequently, differences in confidence after the practice could partly explain the gender differences in the improvements of reaction time and rotational speed. Practice from one mental-rotation test on the performance in another seems to be dependent of participants' gender and the type of the test.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SEX-DIFFERENCES; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; SPATIAL ABILITY; TASK; CONFIDENCE; WOMEN; LATERALITY; MAGNITUDE; Psychometric and chronometric mental-rotation test; gender differences; practice effect; confidence |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Sportwissenschaft |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2020 11:37 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2020 11:37 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/27853 |
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