Title:
The influence of attention on the relationship between cognition and speed of information processing: a developmental approach
Author:
Teri Rexroad
Committee Member:
Faith Gilroy
Committee Member:
Gregory Helweg
Committee Member:
Amanda Thomas
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
1994
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
The intent of the present study was to examine the influence of attention on the relationship between speed of information processing and cognitive ability. Specifically, it was hypothesized that, aside from differences in age, attention would account for a greater proportion of variance in cognition scores than speed of information processing. Subjects included twenty-four second grade, twenty-five fifth grade, and twenty-five eighth grade students from a local Catholic school and twenty-three first year college students from Loyola College of Maryland. Results confirmed the hypothesis, indicating that attention accounted for a significant amount of variance in cognitive ability, while speed of information processing did not. The significance of these results and implications for future research were discussed.
Subject:
Attention in children
Subject:
Cognition in children
Subject:
Human information processing
Subject:
Human information processing in children
Degree:
Master of Arts
Level:
Master
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
RexroadT-94
