Descriptor
| Individual Differences | 2 |
| Knowledge Level | 2 |
| Age Differences | 1 |
| Causal Models | 1 |
| Cognitive Ability | 1 |
| Correlation | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Memory | 1 |
| Radio | 1 |
| Reading Comprehension | 1 |
| Reading Skills | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
| Engle, Randall W. | 2 |
| Hambrick, David Z. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| SAT (College Admission Test) | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkHambrick, David Z.; Engle, Randall W. – Cognitive Psychology, 2002
Domain knowledge facilitates performance in many cognitive tasks. However, very little is known about the interplay between domain knowledge and factors that are believed to reflect general, and relatively stable, characteristics of the individual. The primary goal of this study was to investigate the interplay between domain knowledge and one…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Young Adults, Memory, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedEngle, Randall W.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
An experiment in which 90 undergraduate students were tested on simple and complex versions of a word-span task with high and low frequency words suggests that both word knowledge and a content-free working memory play causal roles in the relationship between word span and higher level cognitive tasks. (SLD)
Descriptors: Causal Models, Correlation, Higher Education, Individual Differences
