This is probably why I’m going to fail psychology. Ha ha ha I don’t really care anymore.
As the results have shown, gender is a significant attribute in a person’s spatial awareness whilst handedness is not.
The gender section of the experiment has showed that men are, characteristically, more aware of their surroundings and navigation than women are. This may seem of little use, but it could help the leader of an expedition choose who to entrust the map to, or to help a blind woman understand why she is finding it hard to cope compared to her similarly blind counterpart.
The handedness section of the experiment might not seem like it was worth it, but it does add knowledge to the list of things that is known about the mind. By doing this experiment and knowing that handedness does not affect spatial perception, another psychologist has been saved the time and effort to find out for themselves. This does not sound like much, but by knowing that this experiment has already been carried out, that psychologist will no longer have to do it and will move on to another subject of spatial awareness that will help further understanding of it. Again, this does not sound like much, but psychology cannot be filled with breakthrough after breakthrough, it has to be filled slowly and incrementally, with little segments of information gently increasing our knowledge of the brain like rain increases the volume of the ocean.
A problem found in the experiment would be the effect that the gender of the participant could have upon the handedness section of the experiment. By using two groups that have been proved to affect spatial ability in different ways, the results of the handedness experiment could have been skewed. However, the handedness experiment was not significant at all, so it is doubtful that the gender of the participant could have affected it to such a serious degree. Yet, it is something to consider in future iterations of this experiment, and in any experiment using two factors to govern an outcome.
April 23, 2008 at 11:58 pm
There’s an image of a blind couple in my head. The woman’s all crashing into everything just wanting to sit down and listen to some tv. The guy is trying to help her understand why she is useless, laughing away in a big chair. He’s blind but least he’s not a woman.
April 24, 2008 at 9:41 am
ALWAYS mention twins when doing psychology, to show how genetic traits do or don’t have relevance
i’m talking bull of course
April 24, 2008 at 4:15 pm
“gently increasing our knowledge of the brain like rain increases the volume of the ocean.”
Whut >
How bored where you?
April 25, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Sometimes its like you have become a new Jonathan.
April 27, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Kitty: Similar to what I had in my head actually. He’s doing fancy little spins around the room, deftly dodging the woman as she crashes into the precious decorative eggs.
bob: Mmmm. Twins.
Mike: Very bored. Very very bored. The whole experiment was a waste of time and I wanted to spice it up a bit with some flowery language. Do you think it was too much?
Miss Catbee: Is that wholly a bad thing?