The present study investigated differences between Egyptian boys and girls in simultaneous and sequential cognitive processes. Four tests of the Kaufman Assessment Battery and one test from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Revised were administered to 172 children (82 boys and 90 girls) in Grades 1, 3, and 5. Analysis indicated that the underlying factor structure of the children's performance was similar for boys and girls. Boys tended to surpass girls on simultaneous and sequential cognitive processes in all grade levels and children's simultaneous and sequential processes increased progressively across grades. The results were interpreted in terms of the influence of psychosocial variables on cognitive processes.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BardosA. N.NaglieriJ. A.PrewettP. N. (1992) Gender differences on planning, attention, simultaneous and successive cognitive processing tasks. Journal of School Psychology, 30, 293–305.
2.
BerryJ. W. (1971) Ecological and cultural factors in spatial perceptual development. Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, 3, 324–366.
3.
BurnsC. W.ReynoldsC. R. (1988) Patterns of sex differences in children's information processing with and without independence. Journal of School Psychology, 26, 233–242.
4.
ConnorJ. M.SchackmanM.SerbinL. A. (1978) Sex related differences in response to practice on a visual-spatial test and generalized to a related test. Child Development, 49, 24–29.
5.
DasJ. P. (1988) Simultaneous-successive processing and planning. In SchmeckR. (Ed.), Learning styles and learning strategies. New York: Plenum. Pp. 101–129.
6.
DasJ. P.BisanzG. L.ManciniG. (1984) Performance of good and poor readers on cognitive tasks: changes due to development and reading competence. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 17, 549–555.
7.
DawsonJ. L. M. (1972) Effects of sex hormones on cognitive style in rats and man. Behavior Genetics, 2, 21–42.
8.
DawsonJ. L. M.YoungL. M.ChoiP. (1974) Developmental influences on pictorial depth perception among Hong Kong Chinese children. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 5, 3–21.
9.
ElwanF. Z. (1992) The development of simultaneous and sequential cognitive processes among Egyptian school children. The Egyptian Journal of Psychological Studies, 2, 105–127.
10.
HalpernD. F. (1982) Sex differences in cognitive abilities. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
11.
KaufmanA. S.KaufmanN. L. (1983) The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children: interpretative manual. Circle Pines, MN: American Guidance Service.
12.
KirbyJ. R.DasJ. P. (1977) Reading achievement, IQ and simultaneous successive processing. Journal of Educational Psychology, 69, 564–570.
13.
LeongC. K.ChengS. C.DasJ. P. (1985) Simultaneous-successive syntheses and planning in Chinese readers. International Journal of Psychology, 20, 19–31.
14.
LevineM. S. (1977) Canonical analysis and factor comparison. In UslanerE. M. (Ed.), Quantitative applications in the social sciences. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. Pp. 1–62.
15.
LloydB. B. (1971) The intellectual development of Yoruba children, a re-examination. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2, 29–38.
16.
LuriaA. R. (1966) Human brain and psychological processes. New York: Harper & Row.
17.
MerrittF. M.McCallumR. S. (1983) Sex related differences in simultaneous and successive information processing. Clinical Neuropsychology, 5, 117–119.
18.
NeisserU. (1967) Cognitive psychology. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
19.
OkonjiM. (1969) The differential effects of rural and urban upbringing on the development of cognitive styles. International Journal of Psychology, 4, 293–305.
20.
PhilipH.KellyM. (1974) Product and process in cognitive development, some comparative data on the performance of school age children in different cultures. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 44, 248–265.
21.
RogoffB.SellersM. J.PiorateS.FoxN.WhiteS. (1975) Age of assignment of roles and responsibilities to children: a cross-cultural survey. Human Development, 18, 353–369.
22.
WarrickP. D.NaglieriJ. A. (1993) Gender differences in planning, attention, simultaneous and successive (PASS) cognitive processes. Journal of Educational Psychology, 85, 693–703.
23.
WechslerD. (1974) Manual for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Revised. New York: Psychological Corp.
24.
WitkinH. A.BerryW. (1975) Psychological differentiation in cross-cultural perspective. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 6, 4–87.
