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Experience and retrieval mode as potential modulating factors in gender differences in distance knowledge of a daily env

Experience and retrieval mode as potential modulating factors in gender differences in distance knowledge of a daily environment. Maartje de Goede | Albert Postma Conference on Research and Training in Spatial Intelligence Evanston, 14 June 2008.

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Experience and retrieval mode as potential modulating factors in gender differences in distance knowledge of a daily env

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  1. Experience and retrieval mode as potentialmodulating factors in gender differences in distanceknowledge of a daily environment. Maartje de Goede |Albert Postma Conference on Research and Training in Spatial Intelligence Evanston, 14 June 2008

  2. GENDER DIFFERENCES IN CONFIGURATIONAL KNOWLEDGE • In most cases males outperform females • (+/- 50 %) • But: in considerable number of studies males and females perform the same (+/- 41 %) • (Colluccia & Louse, 2004)

  3. POSSIBLE MODULATING FACTORS? • Amount of familiarity, experience(Colluccia & Louse, 2004; Fields & Shelton, 2006) • Self-Confidence • (Lawton, 1996; Schmitz, 1997; Moe & Pazzaglia, 2006) • Difficulty • (Colluccia & Louse, 2004)

  4. AIM STUDY • Investigating the modulating effect of experience on gender differences in distance knowledge • Investigating the effect of task type: • Implicit distance task • Explicit distance task

  5. PARTICIPANTS • 81 participants (42 females) • Half of the participants had lived between 6 – 12 months in Utrecht • Half of the participants had lived more than 36 months in Utrecht METHODS

  6. METHODS & MATERIALS • City of Utrecht, 12 locations • Location recognition task • Priming task (McNamara, 1986; Noordzij et al., 2005) • Distance task

  7. 12 LOCATIONS IN UTRECHT INTRODUCTION

  8. METHODS & MATERIALS • City of Utrecht, 12 locations • Location recognition task • Priming task (McNamara, 1986; Noordzij et al., 2005) • Distance task

  9. DISTANCE COMPARISON TASK(Evans & Pezdek, 1980) Dom - bibliotheek Hema - Broers 4 sec 1 sec INTRODUCTION

  10. * SELF-RATING KNOWLEDGE LOCATION POSITIONS * effect experience: F (1, 77) = 58.2, p < .001 effect experience: F (1, 77) = 58.2, p < .001

  11. * * * PRIMING TASK Distance : F (1, 77) = 35.04, p < .001 Experience: F (1, 77) = 7.4, p < .01

  12. REACTION TIMES AND DISTANCE RATIOS r = 0.65, p < .001

  13. DISTANCE TASK * * Interaction effect: Pair type x Experience x Sex: F (1, 73) = 4.87, p < .05

  14. CONCLUSION & DISCUSSION • Subjective rating of location knowledge shows effect of experience. • Effect of gender and experience in ‘difficult’ distance task > related to strategy? • No effect gender/experience in implicit distance task.

  15. STRATEGY Χ² (1, N = 50) = 8.0, p < .01 Χ² (1, N = 52) = 8.3, p < .01

  16. CONCLUSION & DISCUSSION • Subjective rating of location knowledge shows effect of experience. • Effect of gender and experience in ‘difficult’ distance task > related to strategy? • No effect gender/experience in implicit distance task.

  17. CORRELATION PRIMING TASK – DISTANCE TASK

  18. CONCLUSION & DISCUSSION • Subjective rating of location knowledge shows effect of experience. • Effect of gender and experience in ‘difficult’ distance task > related to strategy? • No effect gender/experience in implicit distance task.

  19. THANK YOU!

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