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Willoughby, Michael T.; Blair, Clancy B.; Wirth, R. J.; Greenberg, Mark – Psychological Assessment, 2010
In this study, the authors examined the psychometric properties and criterion validity of a newly developed battery of tasks that were designed to assess executive function (EF) abilities in early childhood. The battery was included in the 36-month assessment of the Family Life Project (FLP), a prospective longitudinal study of 1,292 children…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Family Life, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Linehan, Marsha M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1983
Describes the development of the Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL), an instrument to measure beliefs potentially important as reasons for not committing suicide. Factor analyses indicated six primary reasons for living. The RFL was given to Seattle shoppers (N=197) and psychiatric inpatients (N=195) and differentiated suicidal from nonsuicidal…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Measures, Beliefs, Cognitive Processes
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Fine, Bernard J. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1972
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Processes, Individual Differences, Intelligence
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Greaves, George – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
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Zedeck, Sheldon; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1983
Studied interviewer reliability, validity, and strategy for information integration. Candidates (N=412) for selection to a military division were interviewed and assessed. Results indicated that interviewers functioned in a similar fashion. Analyses of individual interviewers indicated higher reliability and individual differences among…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Employment Interviews, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Nystedt, Lars – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1972
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, College Students
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Hamilton, Vernon – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Individual Differences
Ackerman, Phillip L.; And Others – 1982
Statistical methods employed to test individual differences in dual-task performance and the existence of a general time-sharing ability are reviewed and critiqued. Specifically, both the types of data being collected and the types of data analysis procedures have been inadequate to the critical evaluation of a hypothetical…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Factor Analysis
Hunt, Earl – 1985
The scientific concept of intelligence has been heavily influenced by the technology of measurement. The variables which can be measured have been made the operational definition of intelligence. This approach differs from a deductive approach, in which a theory of cognition in general is used to derive the sorts of measurements that must be taken…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Individual Differences