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A STUDY ON GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GIVING ROUTE DIRECTION

The main objective of this study is to investigate the gender differences in giving direction. The differences between gender are determined by the usage of left and right turns, the usage of landmarks and the time taken on giving directions. A total of 30 participants consisting of 15 males and 15...

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Main Author: Miekaella Teicia, Mae
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2021
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BF Psychology
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spelling my.unimas.ir.373982024-01-12T02:27:29Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37398/ A STUDY ON GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GIVING ROUTE DIRECTION Miekaella Teicia, Mae BF Psychology The main objective of this study is to investigate the gender differences in giving direction. The differences between gender are determined by the usage of left and right turns, the usage of landmarks and the time taken on giving directions. A total of 30 participants consisting of 15 males and 15 females were recruited from University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). This study used direction-giving task that was inspired by Carol Lawton’s study in ‘Gender and Regional Differences in Spatial Referent Used in Direction Giving’. Independent-samples test was used to test the hypotheses respectfully. Findings from this study showed no significant differences in all three hypotheses tested which are there is a significant difference between gender and the usage of left and right terms, usage of landmarks terms and the time taken to explain route direction. All three hypothesis were tested and all were not supported. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2021 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37398/1/Miekaella%20Teicia%20Mae%20-%2024%20pgs.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37398/4/Miekaella%20Teicia%20Mae.pdf Miekaella Teicia, Mae (2021) A STUDY ON GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GIVING ROUTE DIRECTION. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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Miekaella Teicia, Mae
A STUDY ON GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GIVING ROUTE DIRECTION
description The main objective of this study is to investigate the gender differences in giving direction. The differences between gender are determined by the usage of left and right turns, the usage of landmarks and the time taken on giving directions. A total of 30 participants consisting of 15 males and 15 females were recruited from University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). This study used direction-giving task that was inspired by Carol Lawton’s study in ‘Gender and Regional Differences in Spatial Referent Used in Direction Giving’. Independent-samples test was used to test the hypotheses respectfully. Findings from this study showed no significant differences in all three hypotheses tested which are there is a significant difference between gender and the usage of left and right terms, usage of landmarks terms and the time taken to explain route direction. All three hypothesis were tested and all were not supported.
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author Miekaella Teicia, Mae
author_facet Miekaella Teicia, Mae
author_sort Miekaella Teicia, Mae
title A STUDY ON GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GIVING ROUTE DIRECTION
title_short A STUDY ON GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GIVING ROUTE DIRECTION
title_full A STUDY ON GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GIVING ROUTE DIRECTION
title_fullStr A STUDY ON GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GIVING ROUTE DIRECTION
title_full_unstemmed A STUDY ON GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GIVING ROUTE DIRECTION
title_sort study on gender differences in giving route direction
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2021
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37398/1/Miekaella%20Teicia%20Mae%20-%2024%20pgs.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37398/4/Miekaella%20Teicia%20Mae.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37398/
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