Regarding Spatial Skills Assessment,mental Rotation Test Scores Tend to Show

question 48

Multiple Choice

Regarding spatial skills assessment,mental rotation test scores tend to show a male advantage with a large effect size of d = 0.70.However,it is also important to remember that

• A) a d = 0.70 effect size also indicates approximately 72% overlap in scores between women and men.
• B) men are also good at the mental folding task.
• C) men outperform women on memory tasks.
• D) there are no gender differences on any other spatial tasks.

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