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Kitsao-Wekulo, Patricia K.; Holding, Penny A.; Taylor, H. Gerry; Abubakar, Amina; Connolly, Kevin – Assessment, 2013
This study investigated the psychometric properties of a number of neuropsychological tests adapted for use in sub-Saharan Africa. A total of 308 school-age children in a predominantly rural community completed the tests. These tests were developed to assess skills similar to those measured by assessments of cognitive development published for use…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neuropsychology, Psychological Testing, Rural Population
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Walters, Glenn D. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2001
Explores response styles and sets capable of altering a person's responses in the thinking portion of the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS). Constructs and incorporates into the PICTS validity scales to measure confusion and defensiveness. Results reveal that internal consistency, reliability, and validity of these two…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals, Psychological Testing
Jacobs, Paul I.; Vandeventer, Mary – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Eskimos, Performance Factors
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Reitan, Ralph M. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Measurement Instruments, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
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Lunneborg, Clifford E. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1977
Three studies are described in which choice reaction time (RT) was related to such psychometric ability measures as verbal comprehension, numerical reasoning, hidden figures, and progressive matrices tests. Fairly consistent negative correlations were found between these tests and choice RT when high school samples were used. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, High Schools, Higher Education
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Shorkey, Clayton T.; Whiteman, Victor L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
The results of initial validity and reliability studies on the Rational Behavior Inventory are presented. The instrument was developed to be used for assessment, treatment planning, and evaluation of clients by counselors who use Rational Emotive Therapy. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Psychological Evaluation
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Doyne, Elizabeth; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1981
Assessed reliability and validity for an instrument designed to assess depressiform cognitions. The results suggest that the scale is promising, however, a strong sex effect was noted in some of the characteristics of attribution. Suggests the need to evaluate sexual-cultural differences in attributional processes associated with depression.…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Depression (Psychology)
Oller, John W., Jr. – 1977
It is often the case that intelligence tests do not measure what they purport to measure, although it is commonly assumed that every test with a different name is a test of different skills, and that tests with the same name test the same skills. Spearman attempted to study the relationship between tests that supposedly measured different mental…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Testing, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests
Bart, William M. – 1970
In Piaget's developmental psychology the fourth and highest stage of human cognitive development is that of formal operations. The research on formal thought instruments is outlined. This study was designed to construct and validate paper-and-pencil instruments which could be used to select students capable of abstract conceptualization,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Cognitive Measurement