Date of Award
8-1-1995
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Psychology
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to compare male and female subjects' recall of prose utilizing a post-trial administration of ethanol. This study examined the interaction of intoxication with ethanol and gender by exploring the subjects' blood ethanol concentrations (BEC's) as they related to performance for each gender. Sixty-five subjects listened to three narrative prose passages presented at the rate of 160 words per minute via a tape recorder. Immediately following the presentation of the prose passages, subjects were administered either 0.0 or 1.0 ml/kg body weight ethanol. Following an ethanol absorption period, BEC's were obtained using a breath analyzer. Approximately 23-25 hours later, subjects recalled information from the prose passages. Recalls were later scored for presence of idea units.Results failed to reveal any effect of ethanol on recall performance. However, trends in the data suggested that the intoxicated females' recalls were facilitated by the post-trial administration of ethanol. One significant finding that may have led to this trend was the slower blood ethanol elimination rates of the intoxicated females. Possibly, the rate of ethanol elimination from the system influenced the degree of retrograde facilitation observed.
Recommended Citation
Sharp, Rebecca Marilyn, "Gender differences in prose memory and post-trial intoxication with ethanol." (1995). Theses and Dissertations. 8963.
https://commons.und.edu/theses/8963