Does Gender Affect Short-Term Memory?

Overview

Objectives/Goals My grandpa had Alzheimer's disease and could remember things on from his childhood. His short-term memory was totally gone. The lady who lived across the hall of the nursing home had the same problem. I wanted to know if gender really did affect your short-term memory. I achieved my goal by conducting a survey and learning that the objects you would remember on the board were related to your gender. Methods/Materials Paper(pink,blue), Log Book, Computer, Printer, Paper Clips, Folders, Boxes, Binders, Dividers, Hole Puncher, Copier, Students, Car, and Calculator. Results Out of 1,465 surveys 72% of the male subjects remembered mostly the objects on the poster board related to their gender. Only 32% of females remembered objects on the poster board related to their gender. Also, males and females remembered the same amount of objects on the poster board seven. Conclusions/Discussion Gender played a very important role on what children remembered. While I was doing this project I discovered that mostly every school had the same results. Males were much more dominant in remembering the objects related to their gender.

Competition history

• CSEF 2003 Social Sciences (Junior Division Only) · Entry J1714

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