A Study on Gender Differences for Sensory Processing Sensitivity and the Level of Retention & Remembrance of an Event by an Individual

The study’s objective was to find gender differences in sensory processing sensitivity and the level of retention & remembrance of an event by an individual. The study consisted of 32 male and 18 females adding up of 50 individuals. The study was conducted by administrating two scales. First the HSP (Highly sensitive persons) Scale developed by Elaine Aron and Arthur Aron, a video clip from ‘Fringe’ Series Season 3 Episode 3 was shown, then a questionnaire containing 16 items relevant to the video they witnessed. After two weeks of time interval, the questionnaire contained 16 items was administered with the questions interchanged from the first administered questionnaire that contained relevant items to the video they witnessed. These questionnaires were used to find gender differences for sensory processing sensitivity and, retention and remembrance. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics (Mean and standard deviation). From the study it could be concluded that there was a slight difference between males and females for sensory processing sensitivity and, retention and remembrance of an event by an individual.