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Abilities, Motivation, and Methodology

by Phillip L. Ackerman, Robert Cudeck, Ruth Kanfer,. 522 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Phillip L. Ackerman, Robert Cudeck, Ruth Kanfer,

Publisher:

   Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Place of Publication:

  Hillsdale, NJ  

Publication Year:

  1989
Subjects:   Learning, Psychology Of--Congresses, Individual Differences--Congresses
Table of contents
Contents
List of Contributors xi
Preface xiii
Prolegomenon J. Bruce Overmier William E. Montague James J. Jenkins xix
PART I. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
1. Historical Background and Appraisal of Research on Individual Differences in Learning Jack A. Adams 3
Open Discussion 17
2. Volitional Effects on Performance--Conceptual Considerations and Results from Dual-Task Studies Uwe Kleinbeck , Hans-Henning Quast , and Ronald Schwarz 23
Open Discussion 39
3. Factor Analysis Since Spearman: Where Do We Stand? What Do We Know? John B. Carroll 43
Open Discussion 58
PART II. METHODOLOGICAL STRATEGIES
4. A Structural Modeling Experiment with Multiple Growth Functions J. J. McArdle 71
Open Discussion 114
5. Estimating Individual Differences in Information Processing Using Speed-Accuracy Models David F. Lohman 119
Open Discussion 156
6. Simple Solutions and Complex Problems Robert Cudeck 165
PART III. COGNITIVE ABILITIES AND INFORMATION PROCESSING
7. Assessment and Modeling of Information Coordination Abilities James W. Pellegrino , Earl B. Hunt and Penny Yee 175
Open Discussion 196
8. Broad and Narrow Abilities in Research on Learning and Instruction Jan-Eric Gustafsson 203
Open Discussion 228
9. Role of Cognitive Factors in the Acquisition of Cognitive Skill Patrick C. Kyllonen and Dan J. Woltz 239
Open Discussion 269
10. Abilities, Elementary Information Processes, and Other Sights to See at the Zoo Phillip L. Ackerman 281
PART IV. MOTIVATIONAL AND VOLITIONAL PROCESSES
11. Personality, Motivation, and Cognitive Performance William Revelle 297
Open Discussion 329
12. Self-Regulation and Metamotivation: Computational Mechanisms, Development, and Assessment Julius Kuhl and Kristina Kraska 343
Open Discussion 369
13. Conative Processes, Dispositions and Performance: Connecting the Dots Within and Across Paradigms Ruth Kanfer 375
PART V. PARADIGMS IN TRANSITION
14. Individual Differences in Computational Mechanisms: A Psychophysiological Analysis Gijsbertus Mulder , A. A. Wijers , H. G. O. M. Smid , K. A. Brookhuis and L. J. M. Mulder 391
Open Discussion 429
15. Cognitive-Conative Aptitude Interactions in Learning Richard E. Snow 435
Open Discussion 469
16. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Comments From an Historical Perspective James J. Jenkins 475
Conference Program 493
Additional Discussion Participants 497
Name Index 499
Subject Index 509
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