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STRUCTURE AND CONTENT IN CONCEPT ATTAINMENT: A FULL‐SCALE STUDY
Author(s) -
WETHERICK N. E.
Publication year - 1969
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.2044-8295.1969.tb01205.x
Subject(s) - psychology , hebrew , content (measure theory) , task (project management) , scale (ratio) , wechsler adult intelligence scale , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , cognition , social psychology , linguistics , mathematical analysis , philosophy , physics , mathematics , management , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , economics
A full‐scale study is reported of the effects of varying problem content on speed and accuracy of concept attainment. A previous finding that university students did as well or better with unfamiliar content (Hebrew letters) as with familiar content (English letters) was not repeated. Subjects found the English letter form easiest, followed by the Hebrew and verbal forms. Intercorrelations between scores on the three forms of the task are presented as evidence of the existence of a capacity for inductive reasoning which is closely related to intelligence as measured by the Advanced Progressive Matrices.