Error, Response Time and IQ: Sex Differences in Cognitive Style of Preschool Children
- 1 April 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 26 (2), 563-568
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1968.26.2.563
Abstract
Reflectivity-impulsivity in response to task uncertainty has been suggested as an important cognitive style. The present study investigated response time (a measure of reflectivity-impulsivity), errors on a matching-figures task, and intelligence in preschool children. The results indicate that there are important and significant sex differences in preschool children's cognitive style: boys' errors were significantly correlated only with their response speed, while girls' errors only with their intelligence. These results agree with similar sex differences as observed in studies using older children.Keywords
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