Original scientific paper
A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANALYSIS OF HUMAN SPEED OF INFORMATION PROCESSING: DEVELOPMENTAL AND DIFFERENTIAL ARGUMENTS
Mislav Stjepan ŽEBEC
Abstract
Speed of human information processing (SIP) is a research
construct which has been examined under different names and
with different intensity for more than sixty years. Its importance is
briefly described in four research fields: differential,
experimental, aging and cognitive development. Since SIP
presents an important component of contemporary intelligence
models and life-span cognitive development research, an
attempt for the construction of an integrated SIP picture was
necessary. Review and systematic analysis of 42 research papers
and additional related literature showed that there are problems
with the validity of the SIP construct, but it also revealed other
theoretical and empirical inconsistencies. A new proposal for SIP
phenomena has been made, which abandons the SIP construct
with related measures, and introduces the RCP property as one
of the general attributes of every cognitive process.
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Hrčak ID:
16120
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Publication date:
30.4.2004.
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