期刊
JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
卷 33, 期 2, 页码 112-120出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2012.01.002
关键词
Childhood activities; Gender differences; Spatial ability; Verbal ability
This study investigated the relation between childhood spatial activities and cognitive gender differences in adults through the validation of the Childhood Activities Questionnaire developed by Cherney and Voyer (2010). A sample 01 403 (133 males, 270 females) undergraduates in Introductory Psychology courses at University of New Brunswick, NB, Canada and Creighton University, NE, USA completed verbal and spatial tests and recalled their involvement in childhood activities. Convergent and divergent validity were assessed by correlating spatial and masculine scales of the Activities Questionnaire with spatial and verbal measures. Spatial and masculine activities were correlated in the predicted direction with performance in spatial measures. Childhood spatial activities were a significant predictor of adult performance on the Water Level Test and math grades over and above the influence of gender. Results confirm the value of the Activities Questionnaire, and importance of childhood activities in promoting spatial skills in adulthood. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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