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Ability and Task Difficulty in Cognitive Psychology

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ID9731583
AuthorsJohn B Carroll (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author)
Year1981
Volume10
Issue1
Pages11-21
Publication date1981-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
PublisherAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x010001011
OpenAlexW1987394647, W4250043569
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited10

A topic of perennial and currently prevailing interest, both in educational psychology and in public discussions, is the nature of intelligence and its relation to learning and performance, in and out of school. But because we cannot be sure, at the outset, that intelligence is a single, unitary entity I prefer to think of the problem as having to do with the nature of mental abilities. I emphasize the adjective mental and the plural form of the noun. The adjective directs our attention to the fact that we are con

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Task (project management · Applied Psychology · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development

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Citations per year0.36
Citation span1981 - 2025 (45)
Highly citedNo

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