75 Chinese and 75 American students' perceptual styles of cognitive complexity and scanning (focus versus nonfocus) were analyzed. The American students, 22 Chinese women, and 18 Chinese social science and humanities students scored as more complex than the 53 Chinese men and 57 Chinese natural science and engineering students. It was also observed that the Chinese men and American women scored as more focused than the 22 Chinese women and 43 American men.
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