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Presson, Clark C. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 1982
Three experiments involved imagining the result of either an array rotating relative to a fixed viewer or a viewer rotating relative to a fixed array. The data suggested that adults use literal, concrete strategies to solve these problems. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Kinesthetic Perception
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Egan, Dennis E. – Intelligence, 1979
The information-processing approach and results of research on spatial ability are analyzed. Performance consists of a sequence of distinct mental operations that seem general across subjects, and can be individually measured. New interpretations for some classical concepts in psychological testing and procedures for abilities are suggested.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
Shaughnessy, Michael F. – 1985
Recent theorists have begun to re-conceptualize the construct of "intelligence." This paper reviews recent theories of intelligence and indicates implications for practitioners, educators, and individuals. Theories and theorists discussed include the following: (1) Robert Sternberg has advanced the "triarchic theory" of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests