Boys' and Girls' Use of Cognitive Strategy When Learning to Play Video Games

The authors examined gender differences in the cognitive strategies that children use when they learn how to play a video game. They interviewed 2nd- and 5th-grade boys and girls about how often they played video games and what they did "when learning how to play a video game." The childre...

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Published in:The Journal of general psychology 2004-04, Vol.131 (2), p.151-158
Main Authors: Blumberg, Fran C., Sokol, Lori M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boys
Child
Child development
Children & youth
Cognition
cognitive strategies
Cognitive style
Computer & video games
Female
Gender differences
Girls
Humans
Interviews
Learning
Male
Sex Factors
Video Games
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Summary:The authors examined gender differences in the cognitive strategies that children use when they learn how to play a video game. They interviewed 2nd- and 5th-grade boys and girls about how often they played video games and what they did "when learning how to play a video game." The children's responses to the latter question were categorized as either internally or externally oriented (i.e., reading a manual vs. asking for help, respectively). The results indicated that more frequent players and older children were more likely to cite internally based strategies. No main effects of gender were found for the proportions of the internally vs. externally based strategies that were cited.
ISSN:0022-1309
1940-0888
DOI:10.3200/GENP.131.2.151-158