The effect of pressure on high- and low-working-memory students
An elaboration of the choking under pressure hypothesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5263741 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zuowei Wang (0000-0002-1929-231X, Combined Program in Education and Psychology University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan USA, corresponding author), Priya Shah (0000-0001-5908-0453, University of Michigan), Priti Shah (Department of Psychology University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan USA) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 226-238 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjep.12027 |
| PMID | 24164334 |
| OpenAlex | W2043339682 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 18 |
SampleFifty-three third and fourth graders from China participated in this study.MethodParticipants' working memory (WM) was assessed by the Automated Operation Span task. Then, they solved mental addition problems of different types under low- and high-pressure conditions. Performance was analysed as a function of pressure condition, working memory capacity, and problem type.ResultsOn 'no carry' mental addition problems, there was no difference between the two groups of children regardless the presence of pressure. For problems with carries, low WM (LWM) children performed worse on all tasks compared with high WM (HWM) children in the no-pressure condition, but pressure influenced the LWM and HWM differently depending on the nature of the carrying task. On 'hidden carry' mental addition trials (for which guessing strategies were minimally effective), LWM performance was much lower than HWM performance under pressure. By contrast, performance was similar between LWM and HWM groups under pressure on the 'normal carry' trials that allowed for non-resource-intensive heuristic strategies.ConclusionWhether high- or low-working-memory elementary-school-aged children were more or less affected by pressure was dependent on task-difficulty and the types of strategies that could be used to solve the problems
Choking · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Fluid intelligence · Sample (material) · Task (project management) · Working memory · Motor Control and Adaptation · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Occupational Health and Performance · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.36 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |