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GENDER DIFFERENCES IN WORKING MEMORY PERFORMANCE

This research is conducted to investigate the gender differences in working memory performance, in terms of both verbal and visuospatial working memory performance based on total number of correct recalled as well as total time taken. Thirty-two undergraduates from University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMA...

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Main Author: Zhi Shan, Chan
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2021
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spelling my.unimas.ir.373922024-03-19T02:28:11Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37392/ GENDER DIFFERENCES IN WORKING MEMORY PERFORMANCE Zhi Shan, Chan BF Psychology This research is conducted to investigate the gender differences in working memory performance, in terms of both verbal and visuospatial working memory performance based on total number of correct recalled as well as total time taken. Thirty-two undergraduates from University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) were participated in this study. This study employed quantitative research method through quasi experimental design. Independent sample t-test was then adopted to test the hypotheses of the study. The findings showed that significance gender difference was observed in both verbal and visuospatial working memory performance based on total time taken, which males performed more rapidly than females in these tasks. In terms of accuracy which measured through calculation of total number of correct recalled, females were recalled better than males in verbal task as consistent to numerous previous studies. However, no gender difference was identified in visuospatial task based on total number of correct recalled, with males did not show advantage at visuospatial abilities as revealed by past studies. This study also discussed implications of the findings for a reference to future researchers. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2021 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37392/1/Chan%20Zhi%20Shan%20-%2024%20pgs.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37392/4/Chan%20Zhi%20Shan%20.pdf Zhi Shan, Chan (2021) GENDER DIFFERENCES IN WORKING MEMORY PERFORMANCE. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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Zhi Shan, Chan
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN WORKING MEMORY PERFORMANCE
description This research is conducted to investigate the gender differences in working memory performance, in terms of both verbal and visuospatial working memory performance based on total number of correct recalled as well as total time taken. Thirty-two undergraduates from University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) were participated in this study. This study employed quantitative research method through quasi experimental design. Independent sample t-test was then adopted to test the hypotheses of the study. The findings showed that significance gender difference was observed in both verbal and visuospatial working memory performance based on total time taken, which males performed more rapidly than females in these tasks. In terms of accuracy which measured through calculation of total number of correct recalled, females were recalled better than males in verbal task as consistent to numerous previous studies. However, no gender difference was identified in visuospatial task based on total number of correct recalled, with males did not show advantage at visuospatial abilities as revealed by past studies. This study also discussed implications of the findings for a reference to future researchers.
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author Zhi Shan, Chan
author_facet Zhi Shan, Chan
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title GENDER DIFFERENCES IN WORKING MEMORY PERFORMANCE
title_short GENDER DIFFERENCES IN WORKING MEMORY PERFORMANCE
title_full GENDER DIFFERENCES IN WORKING MEMORY PERFORMANCE
title_fullStr GENDER DIFFERENCES IN WORKING MEMORY PERFORMANCE
title_full_unstemmed GENDER DIFFERENCES IN WORKING MEMORY PERFORMANCE
title_sort gender differences in working memory performance
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2021
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37392/1/Chan%20Zhi%20Shan%20-%2024%20pgs.pdf
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