Effects of Colour on Test Performance

Jesslyn
Nicholas Seet Wei Kiat
13526993
James Cook University Singapore
PY1102
Dr Aoife McLoughlin
14 September 2017

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Abstract

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The research aims at understanding the differences in the attitude of girls and boys
through the assessment of cultural backgrounds and psychologies (Walker & Henderson, 2012).
The research will be evaluating the different responses of girls over boys while placing the same
in identical situations for determining the score (Meyers-Levy & Loken, 2015). The assessment
of the different characteristics in women and men will be helping to understand the roles that are
played by the same in the society. Alvares et al. (2013) stated that men are more prone to be
helpful in nature whereas the women in the society are prone to receive the help. The assessment
of the cultural and the social norms in the respective areas will be helping to strengthen the view
on the social roles that are played by the genders. Social inhibition is one of the primary concerns
that are faced by the people while communicating in a circumstance.
For an instance, DiPrete and Jennings (2012) stated that the women in Arabian countries
are vulnerable as the social norms has restricted the growth f the same in contrast to that of
women in USA. Therefore, the identification of the characteristics and the role that are played by
the genders will be facilitated through the research. The research will be undertaking a BAS-RR
Questionnaire, which will be helping the researcher in understanding the viewpoints of the
genders (Aktar et al., 2013). The utilization of the questionnaire will be helping the researcher in
identifying the different concerns that are faced by the women and men through an assessment of
their viewpoints. Doey, Coplan and Kingsbury (2014) stated that the socio- cultural differences
and environment plays an important role in shaping the mental setup of the genders. The
different circumstances and environments helps that will be assessed during the research will
help in understanding the role of the genders in the social structure. However, Kays, Gathercoal
and Buhrow (2012) opined that the different changes in the genders are specifically based on the

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psychological traits of the people, irrespective of any discriminations. Therefore, the research
aims at providing a detailed understanding of the different approaches that are undertaken by the
people relating to the genders. The research will also identify the different aspects in which the
genders react to similar situations in a different manner (Van der Graaff et al., 2014). The key
aspects that might be discussed as a part of the assessment is based on the differentiations of the
approaches that are reflected through the activities of male and females in a particular social
structure (Chaplin & Aldao, 2013). The research will be helping to identify and distinguish the
different ideas relating to the ganders and thereby anticipate the role that might be played by the
same in a particular situation.
The hypotheses for the research are:
Hypothesis 1: There will be significant differences between male and females in the result of
BAS-RR Questionnaire
Hypothesis 2: Men will score better
The hypotheses in this connection will be helping the researcher in guiding the study towards the
conceived goal of understanding the differences in the approaches.
Method
Participants
This research utilizes convenience sampling to collect the sample population. The sample
populations consisted of thirty undergraduate psychology students at James Cook University
Singapore, who enrolled in Social Psychology module (PY3102). Participants were equally
selected based on the gender, fifteen male students (50%) and fifteen female students (50%) with