Individual Differences: Cognitive Style predicts entry into the sciences.
Core studies: Work Sheet
Name of Author(s):
Title of Article:
Approach:
Your Name:
Class:
Date:
Answer all of the questions in the space provided
BACKGROUND and THEORY
Why was this study performed?
Briefly explain why this study was conducted:
Briefly explain the difference between EQ and SQ:
Activity 1: Take the EQ and SQ inventories and compute your scores. (Files are on
webpage.) Report your scores for each below and state how far you agree with these test
results.
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1. What does E-S theory say about career choices?
2. Briefly describe the SQ and the EQ tests. Why were they chosen and how was their
validity supported?
3. Briefly describe the EFT test and the Eyes test and explain why they were chosen to be
used as supplements to the questionnaires designed by the researchers.
4. What were the stated aims of this study?
a.
b.
c.
d.
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METHOD
5. Describe the sample. What problems if any do you see with this sample?
SEX
FEMALE
MALE
TOTAL
DEGREE
Physical
Humanities
Total
Physical
Humanities
Total
Physical
Humanities
Total
NUMBER
108
104
212
160
43
203
268
47
415
% OF TOTAL
26.0%
25.1%
51.1%
38.6%
10.4%
48.9%
64.6%
35.4%
100.0%
6. What degrees constituted a physical science? Which constituted a humanities degree?
7. How were the questionnaires and the tasks administered? What are the benefits and
risks of this type of methodology?
8. What are the 5 domain types according to the authors? How did they calculate each P’s
score? Based on your results from Activity 1 estimate (do not attempt to calculate) what
brain type you have?
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A forced choice task is commonly used to test speed and accuracy of choices between two
alternatives given a timed interval.
9. What was the FC-EFT? How was does this meet the definition of a forced task from above
the figure?
Activity2: Take the MBTI type test at http://similarminds.com/jung.html. What ws your
type? Do you agree with the description? Find two real or fictional characters that share
your score (BTW Mr. Meyers is ENFP (Ron Weasley and Peeta and Mark Twain and Alper
scored INTJ Snape and Emperor Palpatine and Elon Musk)
10. Give two strengths and two weaknesses of a Natural experiment
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RESULTS
10. On which of the tests was there no significant difference between males and females?
Why do you think there was no difference on this test?
11. How did they test for the hypothesis that cognitive style was a better than gender as
predictor of entry into a physical sciences?
12. This study only collected quantitative data, what piece of qualitative data would you
like to collect for this study?
13. What ramifications does this have for higher education? For the workplace?
14. What are the ramifications for this in the classroom?
15. Describe the study by Gredlein & Bjorklund, 2005). What does this study suggest about
tailoring education by gender?
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