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A 6 page consideration of the question of whether gender affects our ability to remember certain objects, whether in fact we have a gender bias for certain objects. The author utilizes the literature to establish the fact that gender can be an important factor in cognition then designs a simple experiment to test gender bias in memory. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPgndMem.rtf
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The factors responsible for memory formation and learning are really quite diverse. Cognition, the process by which learning occurs, can be
contended to account for most, if not all, of human functioning. Indeed, most aspects of our lives involve an individual being cognizant of his or her environment and gaining
knowledge from that environment. This involves both thinking and problem solving which in turn results in memory formation and learning. Even our own self concept is intimately tied
to the process of cognition. When either the physiological or the psychological factors which shape ones self concept is impeded so too is our self efficacy. Our self
concept, however, is often shaped by factors which we often would prefer to dismiss as being old fashioned or implausible. One of these factors is the role that society
has slotted for us simply because we were born either female or male. The fact that we are male or female can, in fact, have a lot to do
with how we learn and how we form our memories. Stereotypical or not, most cultures commonly have items that are more commonly associated with one gender or the other.
It can be hypothesized, in fact that: the material culture of a group could
significantly impact cognitive functions such as memory formation, that girls would be more likely to remember items associated with the female gender and that boys would be more likely to
remember items associated with the male gender. To test this hypothesis a group
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