Social psychological skill in a cross-cultural setting: A study on medical and dentistry undergraduate students
Social psychological skill deals with how people understand and predict social psychological phenomena. This skill has been shown to be positively correlated with other parameters such as cognitive reflective ability and introversion. In our study, we examined social psychological skill and its rela...
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| author | Belal Al Droubi Husam Aldean Abuhayyeh Jamaledin Abu Ghaida |
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| description | Social psychological skill deals with how people understand and predict social psychological phenomena. This skill has been shown to be positively correlated with other parameters such as cognitive reflective ability and introversion. In our study, we examined social psychological skill and its relationship with cognitive reflection ability, language preference, gender, and fear of failure in a sample of undergraduate medical and dentistry students of multiple nationalities at Jordan University of Science and Technology. A questionnaire in Arabic or English language testing participants’ social psychological skill was given to 605 participants. Fear of failing exams was assessed by measuring reported incidence of fears of failing tests in college, and the Bat and Ball problem was assessed to measure cognitive reflection. The results showed that 501 students (82%) opted to answer in their Arabic native language and 61% of total respondents were females. We found that social psychological skill was significantly and positively related to English language preference and cognitive reflection but not significantly related to less fear of failure in college exams. The obtained results are compared to existing data and conclusions are withdrawn. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0fcf60a39b2c4ea8a8c7e8f9d181de522022-12-21T22:31:25ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Social Sciences2331-18862020-01-016110.1080/23311886.2020.17479041747904Social psychological skill in a cross-cultural setting: A study on medical and dentistry undergraduate studentsBelal Al Droubi0Husam Aldean Abuhayyeh1Jamaledin Abu Ghaida2Jordan University of Science and TechnologyJordan University of Science and TechnologyJordan University of Science and TechnologySocial psychological skill deals with how people understand and predict social psychological phenomena. This skill has been shown to be positively correlated with other parameters such as cognitive reflective ability and introversion. In our study, we examined social psychological skill and its relationship with cognitive reflection ability, language preference, gender, and fear of failure in a sample of undergraduate medical and dentistry students of multiple nationalities at Jordan University of Science and Technology. A questionnaire in Arabic or English language testing participants’ social psychological skill was given to 605 participants. Fear of failing exams was assessed by measuring reported incidence of fears of failing tests in college, and the Bat and Ball problem was assessed to measure cognitive reflection. The results showed that 501 students (82%) opted to answer in their Arabic native language and 61% of total respondents were females. We found that social psychological skill was significantly and positively related to English language preference and cognitive reflection but not significantly related to less fear of failure in college exams. The obtained results are compared to existing data and conclusions are withdrawn.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2020.1747904social psychological skillsocial psychologycognitive reflectionintelligenceculture |
| spellingShingle | Belal Al Droubi Husam Aldean Abuhayyeh Jamaledin Abu Ghaida Social psychological skill in a cross-cultural setting: A study on medical and dentistry undergraduate students Cogent Social Sciences social psychological skill social psychology cognitive reflection intelligence culture |
| title | Social psychological skill in a cross-cultural setting: A study on medical and dentistry undergraduate students |
| title_full | Social psychological skill in a cross-cultural setting: A study on medical and dentistry undergraduate students |
| title_fullStr | Social psychological skill in a cross-cultural setting: A study on medical and dentistry undergraduate students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social psychological skill in a cross-cultural setting: A study on medical and dentistry undergraduate students |
| title_short | Social psychological skill in a cross-cultural setting: A study on medical and dentistry undergraduate students |
| title_sort | social psychological skill in a cross cultural setting a study on medical and dentistry undergraduate students |
| topic | social psychological skill social psychology cognitive reflection intelligence culture |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2020.1747904 |
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