Are Item-Level Strategy Shifts Abrupt and Collective? Age Differences in Cognitive Skill Acquisition
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Dayna Touron Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Item-level analysis allows for the examination of qualitative age and individual differences in skill
acquisition, which are obscured when aggregating data across items. In the present study, item-level strategy shifts were generally gradual and variable, rather than abrupt and collective. Strategy shift reversions were frequent, and the total transition space was extensive, for both younger and older adults. Shift indices were highly variable between items for both younger and older adults. Age differences in item-level shift patterns suggest that older adults’ greater conservatism in strategy selection leads to more gradual strategy shift transitions for individual items as well as to more collective strategy shifts.
Are Item-Level Strategy Shifts Abrupt and Collective? Age Differences in Cognitive Skill Acquisition
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- Publication
- Touron, D. R. (2006). Are item-level strategy shifts abrupt and collective? Age differences in cognitive skill acquisition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 13(5): 781-786. (Oct 2006) Published by the Psychonomic Society Publications (ISSN: 1531-5320). DOI: 10.3758/BF03193997
- Language: English
- Date: 2006