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VARIABILITY IN COGNITIVE CONTROL
Author(s) -
HIGGINS JERRY,
PETERSON JUDITH C.,
DOLBY LISELOTTE LEHD
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1968.tb01124.x
Subject(s) - psychology , categorization , preference , cognition , task (project management) , cognitive psychology , control (management) , dimension (graph theory) , developmental psychology , statistics , artificial intelligence , mathematics , management , neuroscience , computer science , pure mathematics , economics
Inconsistency in preference behaviour was predicted on the basis of variability in cognitive control. Twenty‐eight undergraduates performed an aesthetic preference task, and were subsequently assessed for intra‐individual variability on the cognitive‐control dimension of breadth of categorization. The results supported the hypothesis at better than the 0·01 level of significance by a one‐tailed test.