Chapter 7 Examines Gender Comparisons in Mental Rotation Skills

question 65

Multiple Choice

Chapter 7 examines gender comparisons in mental rotation skills. According to this discussion,

• A) gender differences tend to be smaller for mental rotation problems than for other mental imagery tasks.
• B) none of the research has reported significant gender differences in mental rotation.
• C) all of the research has reported significant gender differences in mental rotation.
• D) the research sometimes shows that the gender differences in mental rotation disappear when the instructions are changed.

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Definitions:

Blind

The state or condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.

Population

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Extrasensory Perception

The claimed ability to obtain information without using the known five senses; also known as ESP or sixth sense.

Replicable

Characteristics of a study or experiment that allow it to be duplicated or repeated by other researchers to verify findings.