Understanding Individual Differences in Spatial Ability within Females: A Nature/Nurture Interactionist Framework.

Casey, M. Beth

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ERIC Number: EJ531339

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Publication Date: 1996

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Understanding Individual Differences in Spatial Ability within Females: A Nature/Nurture Interactionist Framework.

Casey, M. Beth

Developmental Review, v16 n3 p241-60 Sep 1996

Identified subjects' handedness and family handedness (genetic variables) and college major (environmental variable); and tested subjects on the Vandenberg Mental Rotation Test. Found that right-handed females with non-right-handed relatives and with science or math majors outperformed other females and equaled the performance of males on the Vandenberg test. (BC)

Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Females, Handedness, Heredity, Individual Differences, Males, Nature Nurture Controversy, Sex Differences, Spatial Ability

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Vandenberg Mental Rotations Test

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