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Sex Differences in Performance on Spatial Tasks: Biopsychosocial Influences.
Petersen, Anne C. – 1980
As part of an ongoing study of sex differences in spatial ability, three preliminary hypotheses on parental socialization, sex role socialization, and biological explanations were tested, using 139 high school seniors as subjects. The early findings indicated that there was no support for the hypothesis that boys and girls differ in how they view…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Development, Females, High School Seniors