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Noventa, S.; Massidda, D.; Vidotto, G. – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2010
The initial state parameters s[subscript 0] and w[subscript 0] are intricate issues of the averaging cognitive models in Information Integration Theory. Usually they are defined as a measure of prior information (Anderson, 1981; 1982) but there are no general rules to deal with them. In fact, there is no agreement as to their treatment except in…
Descriptors: Models, Psychometrics, Experimental Psychology, Measurement Techniques
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Jensen, A. R. – Intelligence, 2011
Mental chronometry (MC) studies cognitive processes measured by time. It provides an absolute, ratio scale. The limitations of instrumentation and statistical analysis caused the early studies in MC to be eclipsed by the "paper-and-pencil" psychometric tests started by Binet. However, they use an age-normed, rather than a ratio scale, which…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Intelligence Quotient, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
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Bauer, Christopher F. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
The development of a 20-item semantic differential assessment instrument for measuring student attitudes toward the subject of chemistry is described (Attitude toward the Subject of Chemistry Inventory-ASCI). Instrument subscales and survey items pertain to interest and utility, anxiety, intellectual accessibility, emotional satisfaction, and…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Student Attitudes, Semantics, Chemistry
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Demetriou, Andreas; Kazi, Smaragda – Intelligence, 2006
This article presents three studies that were designed to map the dimensions involved in "g," with an emphasis of the place of self-awareness in it. The first study involved preschoolers from 3 to 7 years of age. These were examined in three domains (spatial, quantitative and categorical reasoning) with both actual tasks and tasks addressed to the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Thinking Skills, Preschool Children, Spatial Ability
Lotto, Linda S.; Murphy, Joseph – 1988
After a review of the literature on cognitive "cause maps" in organizational decision-making, this study describes a midwestern elementary school from the perspective of individual sensemaking, captured through individual cognitive maps of cause-effect relationships. Data were collected with an adaptation of Bougon's (1983) Self-Q…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation