Charting the cognitive sphere: Tactile-kinesthetic performance within the structure of intelligence

被引:28
作者
Roberts, RD
Stankov, L
Pallier, G
Dolph, B
机构
[1] Univ Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
[2] Armstrong Lab, Brooks AFB, TX 78235 USA
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10.1016/S0160-2896(97)90048-9
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
In his extensive review of factor analytic studies conducted this century, Carroll (1993) laments that "information on tactile and kinesthetic sensitivity factors is meager" (p. 546). The present study sought to redress this imbalance by employing eight tactile-kinesthetic indices along with a battery of twenty-seven cognitive ability and mental speed measures. A sample of 195 participants was tested. Confirmatory factor-analysis of this data set indicated the existence of three first-order "level" (i.e., accuracy) factors (fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence and a tactile-kinesthetic/visualization factor); two first-order "speed" factors (test-taking speed and elementary cognitive response speed); and two first-order "mixture" factors that reflected disparate features of shortterm memory (Digit Span Forward and Digit Span Backward). A second-order confirmatory factor analysis of these constructs suggests that tactile-kinesthetic abilities share much in common with broad visualization and fluid intelligence, little in common with crystallized intelligence, and a series of differential relationships with "speed-related" factors. A separate exploratory factor analytic solution (involving a reduced set of experimentally independent variables) supported these conclusions. The implications of these findings for structural models of human intelligence and theories of cognitive processing are discussed.
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