Competing tasks as an index of intelligence
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Article Title | Competing tasks as an index of intelligence |
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ERA Journal ID | 6553 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Fogarty, Gerard J. (Author) and Stankov, Lazar (Author) |
Journal Title | Personality and Individual Differences |
Journal Citation | 3, pp. 407-422 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 1982 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0191-8869 |
1873-3549 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8869(82)90006-X |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/019188698290006X |
Abstract | [Abstract]: Most studies involving competing (or dual) tasks have been concerned with the investigation of models of attention and have stressed the importance of task characteristics in determining competing-task performance. The relatively few studies which have looked at indi¬vidual differences in competing-task performance suggest that measures of this performance could reflect operations which are central to cognitive functioning. This paper examines two key questions which stem from this research: is there a separate ability involved in competing-task performance? Is competing-task performance more indicative of general intellectual functioning? A battery composed of both single and competing tasks was presented to 91 Ss. Two sets of scores, primary and `secondary', were obtained from the competing tasks. The results indicate that `single' and `primary' scores are basically measuring the same thing but that secondary' scores measure what is perhaps a time-sharing factor. There is also some evidence that primary and secondary scores are more indicative of the general factor, as measured by this battery, than their single counterparts. |
Keywords | timesharing, competing tasks, dual tasks, intelligence |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 529999. Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
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Byline Affiliations | University of Sydney |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9xwyy/competing-tasks-as-an-index-of-intelligence
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