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Contribution of strategy use to performance on complex and simple span tasks

Roth Bailey, Heather
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1247583267

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2009, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
Simple and complex span tasks are thought to measure separate memory constructs. Recently, though, Unsworth and Engle (2006) proposed that simple and complex span tasks tap the same construct based on the reasoning that both similarly predict performance on measures of fluid intelligence (gF) when items in secondary memory (SM) are equated. Two studies were designed to evaluate (1) whether Unsworth and Engle's findings could be replicated and (2) whether individual differences in strategy use could account for their findings. Results demonstrated that, after equating the number of items retrieved from secondary memory, simple and complex span performance was similar and both equally predicted performance on gF tasks. Moreover, individual differences in effective strategy use partially accounted for these findings. That is, effective strategies were produced equally often on simple and complex span tasks after items in secondary memory were equated, but they did not account for the span-gF relationships.
John Dunlosky, PhD (Committee Chair)
Maria Zaragoza, PhD (Committee Member)
Joel Hughes, PhD (Committee Member)
Michael Kane, PhD (Committee Member)
Donald Bubenzer, PhD (Other)
65 p.
Psychology
working memory; short-term memory; secondary memory; strategy use; fluid intelligence

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  • Roth Bailey, H. (2009). Contribution of strategy use to performance on complex and simple span tasks [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1247583267

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Roth Bailey, Heather. Contribution of strategy use to performance on complex and simple span tasks. 2009. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1247583267.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Roth Bailey, Heather. "Contribution of strategy use to performance on complex and simple span tasks." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1247583267

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