Gender differences in Piagetian visual-spatial representation of verticality and horizontality.
Visual-spatial representations of verticality and horizontality (V/H) were assessed by novel plumb-line and water-level tasks in a replication of Jamison and Signorella's (1980) study of sex role orientation differences in V/H performance. Comparisons between men and women classified as masculine, feminine, and androgynous revealed no significant effect for either sex role orientation or for interactions between orientation and sex on V/H performance. The main effect for sex was significant, favoring men.
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Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan 84322.
Damin
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Ascione
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009949:Orientation; D011340:Problem Solving; D013028:Space Perception