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Publication Date: 2008-Sep
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Individual Differences, Intelligence, and Behavior Analysis
Williams, Ben; Myerson, Joel; Hale, Sandra
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, v90 n2 p219-231 Sep 2008
Despite its avowed goal of understanding individual behavior, the field of behavior analysis has largely ignored the determinants of consistent differences in level of performance among individuals. The present article discusses major findings in the study of individual differences in intelligence from the conceptual framework of a functional analysis of behavior. In addition to general intelligence, we discuss three other major aspects of behavior in which individuals differ: speed of processing, working memory, and the learning of three-term contingencies. Despite recent progress in our understanding of the relations among these aspects of behavior, numerous issues remain unresolved. Researchers need to determine which learning tasks predict individual differences in intelligence and which do not, and then identify the specific characteristics of these tasks that make such prediction possible. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Intelligence, Individual Differences, Short Term Memory, Behavioral Science Research, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Researchers, Correlation, Factor Analysis, Reaction Time, Stimuli, Academic Achievement, Associative Learning
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Language: English
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