Intelligence and Nonentrenchment

A Replication

Bibliographic Data

ID10120844
AuthorsFrank D Bokhorst (University of Cape Town, corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume113
Issue2
Pages127-137
Publication date1986-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00221309.1986.9710550
OpenAlexW2101331217
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

In an experimental approach to the study of intelligence, information processing components of intelligent task performance were identified using componential analysis. The aim was to replicate Sternberg's (1982) nonentrenched color naming experiment using South African university students as subjects. The same information processing model that Sternberg tested accounted for 90% of variance in response latencies and 66% of variance in errors in this study. The residuals of model fit were highly systematic across subjects, however, probably reflecting task content-specific factors. Discriminant validity of the componential analysis was demonstrated using the Conceptual Reasoning Test (1980) and the Mental Alertness test of the High-Level Battery (1972) of the National Institute for Personnel Research in South Africa. The results of this study support the notion that nonentrenched laboratory tasks specifically require fluid abilities, thus countering the criticisms regarding the theoretical validity of componential analysis

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Intelligence quotient · Replicate · Replication (statistics · Statistics · Task (project management · Test (biology · Variance (accounting · Child and Animal Learning Development · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Cognitive Science and Mapping · Psychology · Social Psychology

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