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Abstract
Main purpose of this study was to compare the cognitive style among individual game players and team game players, and second was to examine interaction effect between individual and team game players according to type of game (individual game and team game) and gender of player (male player & female player). A sample of 300players (150individualgame players and 150team game players) was selected through simple random sampling method of probability sampling. For this study Cognitive Style Inventory (CSI) developed by Praveen Kumar Jha(2001) was used for data collection. Mean, SD, and two way ANOVA etc. statistics techniques were used for data analysis and interpreting.
The results show that, significant difference between individual and team game players in terms of cognitive style. The results show that, individual game players have more intuitive style than team game players in terms of cognitive style. The results also show that male players have more systematic style than female players for their cognitive style. The results further show that male individual game players have more intuitive cognitive style than female individual game players and male team game players have more systematic cognitive style than female team game players. The gender difference in terms of cognitive style is found in individual and team game players.