A Decision Study of 150 Young Men and Women

Abstract

Seventy-five men and seventy-five women were given a Decision Test, the decision and the time of decision for each item was recorded. The "decisions" were classified into four grades. Each group of subjects took more time for decision on harder situations than on easier ones. The average time for women is greater than for men, the women had fewer mistakes than the men. On Grade I only one mistake occurred among the women and seven among the men; Grade II women 16 mistakes, men 32; Grade III women 83, men 99; Grade IV women 135, men 164. The mistakes were distributed through most of the groups—72 men, 71 women.The correlations indicate higher accuracy with slower times and higher ratios, and lower accuracy with quicker times and lower ratios. From Psych Bulletin 18:06:00395. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)