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Psychometrische Intelligenz und kortikale Aktivierung bei der Bearbeitung kognitiver Aufgaben

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42. Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Jena, Deutschland, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, (September 2000)
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.16108.64640/1

Abstract

The first approach deals with the elementary-cognitive correlates of human intelligence, i.e. the question of which elementary cognitive processes play a role in solving more complex tasks, such as those represented by items in a psychometric intelligence test. Within the framework of what is known as the mental speed approach to intelligence, the speed at which elementary cognitive processes are carried out was dealt with in particular, assuming that a high speed of information processing in elementary cognitive tasks should be associated with a high level of intelligence. significant association of high processing speed with high psychometric intelligence. Consistent with other studies, the magnitude of the association is likely to be in the range of .5 to .6 (when mental speed is measured across a suitably representative battery of ECTs). This relationship cannot be settled unequivocally at the level of general intelligence, nor can it be said that mental speed is to be regarded as a secondary factor. Rather, the information processing speed seems to play a different role with regard to different operational components. Elementary-cognitive processing speed plays a larger role in processing capacity, but a smaller (but still significant) role in memory and resourcefulness.

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