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T1 Comparing Measures of Individual Differences in Performance of Conditional Reasoning
A1 Seoane Pesqueira, Gloria
A1 Valiña García, María Dolores
A1 Ferraces Otero, María José
A1 Martín Rajo, Montserrat
K1 Wason's Selection Task
K1 Conditional Reasoning
K1 Deductive Reasoning
K1 Individual Differences
K1 Cognitive Psychology
K1 Psychology of Thinking
K1 Psychometric ability test
AB This study examined the following issues: 1) The relation among different measures in psychometric ability tests (verbal comprehension and reasoning), computerised measure of comprehension skills and the subjects´ performance in a experimental task of conditional reasoning, 2) Whetehr or not good and por comprehenders sistematically differ in their performance in Wason´s selection task (Wason, 1966, 1968) and 3) The differential influence of rule content and instruction on the subjects´ performance in the selection task. 154 undergraduate students each completed three psychometric ability tests (DAT-VR, PMA-V and PMA-R), and a spanish versión of Gernsbacher´s Comprehension Battery. Subsequently each subject was given three problems corresponding to the content of the theree different rules (abstract content, thematic-premission and thematic-norm) and the instructions were also manipulated (verification/falsation vs. violation) (Valiña & cols., 1996). The results showed that: a) Performance in Wason´s selection task with abstract and thematic-permission content in terms of logical index is related to measures of the DAT-VR, b) In terms of differential analyses it was found that the logical index was considerably better in the higher reasoning-verbal group (DAT-VR) with abstract content and thematic-permission, but differences were not found in performance among good and por verbal comprehenders (PMA-V and Gernsbacher Comprehension Battery) or subjects with high and low scores in the PMA-R, and c) For he logical index and the matching index the principal effects of the content of the rule and the instructions were registered
PB Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
YR 1997
FD 1997
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/27087
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/27087
LA eng
NO This work was presented at 10th EUROPEAN MEETING OF THE PSYCHOMETRIC SOCIETY, celebrated in Santiago de Compostela, Spain (15-18th July, 1997). 
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026