RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
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mean number of words correctly recalled off a list
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words recalled off a list
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gender (male or female)
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memory recall (good or bad)
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Detailed explanation-1: -Females tend to perform better than males in verbal-based episodic memory tasks, as opposed to spatial-based memory tasks [10]. Females generally access their memories faster than males [11], date them more precisely [12], and use more emotional terms when describing memories [13].
Detailed explanation-2: -We found no memory performance differences by gender. Males and females were similarly classified into the four memory performance groups, with almost half of each gender in the poor memory category. Even though males had greater years of education, they used fewer compensatory memory strategies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Results indicate that women outperformed men on auditory memory tasks, whereas male adolescents and older male adults showed higher level performances on visual episodic and visual working memory measures. However, the size of gender-linked effects varied somewhat across age groups.
Detailed explanation-4: -We investigated possible gender differences using an independent-sample t-test. The result of the test showed no significant gender differences regarding visual working memory.