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Peer reviewedSternberg, Robert J. – Intelligence, 1998
Describes some of the ways conformity in science is rewarded and defiance punished with reference to the work of Arthur Jensen. Notes that some of his work makes outstanding contributions to the science of intelligence, while other work is considered regressive. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Genetics, Intelligence, Nature Nurture Controversy
Tourangeau, Roger; Sternberg, Robert J. – 1978
Defining metaphor as "seeing a concept from one class in terms of a concept from another class," a study was devised that analyzed the degree to which two concepts occupy dissimilar positions with respect to their category or domain (within-domain distance), and the degree to which categories themselves are dissimilar (between-domain distance).…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Download full textSternberg, Robert J. – 1978
In this report, three theories of transitive inference are compared as they apply to the solution of linear syllogisms: a spatial theory, a linguistic theory, and a new mixed linguistic-spatial theory. Each theory is expressed in terms of an information-processing (flow chart) model and a mathematical model that quantifies the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Association (Psychology), Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Sternberg, Robert J. – 1979
About 25 children in each of grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 were tested in their ability to solve linear syllogisms, such as: John is taller than Mary. Mary is taller than Pete. Who is tallest--John, Mary, or Pete? Response latencies and error rates decreased across grade levels and sessions. Component latencies also generally decreased with increasing…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Algorithms, Cognitive Development
Sternberg, Robert J.; Nigro, Georgia – 1979
Developmental patterns in the solution of verbal analogies, especially the recognition of higher-order analogical relations, were traced. The investigation sought to: (1) provide new developmental tests of a componential theory of analogical reasoning; (2) identify strategy changes during the transition from midchildhood (grade 3) to adulthood…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
Sternberg, Robert J.; Weil, Evelyn M. – 1979
An aptitude-strategy interaction in linear syllogistic reasoning was tested on 144 undergraduate and graduate students of both sexes. It was hypothesized that the efficiency of each of four alternative strategies--control, visual, algorithmic, and mixed--would depend upon the subjects' pattern of verbal and spatial abilities. Two tests of verbal…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Algorithms, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Ability
Sternberg, Robert J.; Nigro, Georgia – 1977
A six-process theory of analogical reasoning was tested by administering verbal analogy items to students in grades 3 through college. The items were classified according to five verbal relations: synonyms, antonyms, functional, linear ordering, and class membership. A new method of componential analysis that does not require precueing was used to…
Descriptors: Analogy, Componential Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
