Individual differences in working memory and reasoning-remembering relationships in solving class-inclusion problems

In the present experiment, we evaluated the effects of individual differences in reading span and variation in memory demands on class-inclusion performance. One hundred twenty college students whose reading spans ranged from low to medium to high (as indexed by a computerized version of the Daneman...

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Vydáno v:Memory & cognition Ročník 26; číslo 5; s. 1089 - 1101
Hlavní autoři: Howe, Mark L., Rabinowitz, F. Michael, Powell, T. Lynette
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Austin, TX Psychonomic Society 01.09.1998
Springer Nature B.V
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ISSN:0090-502X, 1532-5946
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Shrnutí:In the present experiment, we evaluated the effects of individual differences in reading span and variation in memory demands on class-inclusion performance. One hundred twenty college students whose reading spans ranged from low to medium to high (as indexed by a computerized version of the Daneman and Carpenter [1980] reading-span task) solved 48 class-inclusion problems. Half of the subjects had the solution information available when the problems were presented; the other half performed a detection task between solution information and problem presentation. The results from both standard statistical analyses and from a mathematical model indicated that differences in reading span and memory load had predictable, similar effects. Specifically, the sophistication of reasoning strategies declined when memory demands increased or when reading spans decreased. Surprisingly, these effects were primarily additive. The results were interpreted in terms of global resource models and findings from the developmental literature.
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ISSN:0090-502X
1532-5946
DOI:10.3758/BF03201185