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Environmental and Cognitive Factors in Social Play.
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Vandenberg, Brian – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
Results indicated that different types of play environment strongly influence preschool children's types of social play and play group size. Differences in cognitive level and social egocentrism influenced the choice of play environment. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cooperation
A Study of the Relationship between Psychological Differentiation and Management Style
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Templer, Andrew J. – Personnel Psychology, 1973
The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between field dependence-independence as measured by the RFT (Rod and Frame Test) and management style as measured by a number of questionnaire and situational instruments. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Administration, Analysis of Variance, Attention Control, Cognitive Ability
Analytic-Perceptual Style and Verbal Conditioning
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Becker, Joseph; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing, Females
Iowa's Adult Basic Education Students: Descriptive Profiles Based on Motivations, Cognitive Ability, and Sociodemographic Variables.
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Beder, Hal; Valentine, Thomas – 1987
Research provided a comprehensive descriptive analysis of the Iowa adult basic education (ABE) population. Data were collected through comprehensive interviews from a carefully drawn random sample (n=323) of those who completed less than 11 grades. A random subsample was followed up by telephone interview. The population was described on three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adults, Cognitive Ability
Group Performance Related to Size and Initial Ability of Group Members
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Goldman, Morton – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Group Intelligence: Why Some Groups Are Better than Others.
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Williams, Wendy M.; Sternberg, Robert J. – Intelligence, 1988
Relationships between cognitive and social-cognitive characteristics of group members and group performance were assessed, using 96 adults. A method for conceptualizing and modeling group performance is presented. People working in newly formed small groups on written problems emphasizing divergent/creative solutions generally produce…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Group Behavior
Iowa's ESL Students: A Descriptive Profile.
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Beder, Hal; Valentine, Thomas – 1987
The second phase of a three-phase study undertaken in Iowa provided a detailed analysis of the adult basic education/English-as-a-Second-Language (ABE/ESL) population. Objectives were to determine student motivation, segment the ESL population into groups based on group behavior, segment the population into groups based on ethnicity, and describe…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Cognitive Ability, Cultural Differences
Intelligence and Personal Influence in Groups: Four Nonlinear Models.
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Simonton, Dean Keith – Psychological Review, 1985
Four models are developed to provide a conceptual basis for a curvilinear relation between intelligence and an individual's influence over group members. The models deal with influence and percentile placement in intelligence, comprehension by potential followers, vulnerability to rival intellects, and correlation between mean group IQ and the…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Comprehension, Creativity
Activity in the Lifestyles of Adolescent Girls.
Fry, Joan – 1988
This study was conducted to determine the significance of physical activity in the lifestyles of a selected group of female adolescents. Two groups of girls in their mid-teens, identified through a pilot study, were operationally defined as activity seekers (N=14) and non-activity seekers (N=14). In order to determine the characteristics of both…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Females