A review of age changes in perceptual information processing ability with regard to driving

1977 ◽  
Vol 3 (4-6) ◽  
pp. 387-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul E. Panek ◽  
Gerald V. Barrett ◽  
Harvey L. Sterns ◽  
Ralph A. Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Perceptual Information ◽  
Age Changes ◽  
Processing Ability

Locus of Control, Anxiety, and Cognitive Functioning

1976 ◽  
Vol 39 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1091-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis W. Organ
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Incidental Learning ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
External Locus ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Stressful Condition ◽  
Processing Ability

This study attempted to see if relationships between locus of control and information-processing ability could be explained by overlapping variance with trait anxiety. Stress conditions were varied in order to see if internal subjects' superiority in proofreading and incidental learning occurred only under conditions in which anxiety was negatively related to those criteria. Results from a study with 60 graduate students showed that neither external locus of control nor anxiety correlated significantly with information-processing measures in a non-stressful condition, while both personality variables correlated significantly and negatively with criteria in a stressful condition of arousal; and only anxiety reliably predicted performance criteria in an ambiguously stressful condition with 50 undergraduates.

Improving Attention in a Person with Schizophrenia

1994 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce Tryssenaar ◽  
Joel Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
Chronic Schizophrenia ◽  
General Level ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Attention And Memory ◽  
Functional Evaluation ◽  
Processing Ability ◽  
The Impact

The efficacy of cognitive training of attentional deficits was examined in a young adult with chronic schizophrenia. The study employed a single subject experimental design to explore the impact of Attention Process Training. Prior to training, multiple assessments were administered. These included measures of the subject's information processing ability, attention skills and general level of functional performance. During the training, attention tests were administered at the completion of each rehabilitation component. A functional evaluation through interviews and outcome measures of information processing ability were conducted after the training was concluded. The results of the study demonstrated improvements and normalization of attention and memory. Descriptive data regarding functioning suggest generalized gains in performance in living, social and working environments. The results suggest that cognitive training of attention was effective with this subject. Direct and systematic replications to establish generalizability are recommended.

Analyzing Preference for Pace as a Component of Task Performance

1979 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 667-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce J. Avolio ◽  
Ralph A. Alexander ◽  
Gerald V. Barrett ◽  
Harvey L. Sterns
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Selective Attention ◽  
University Students ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Exploratory Analysis ◽  
Low Correlation ◽  
Processing Ability ◽  
Perceptual Style

An exploratory analysis was conducted to determine the relationships between measures of perceptual style, selective attention, and preference for pace. The main intent was to determine whether preference for pace and information-processing ability were related. The expectation was that ability and preferences would have a low correlation. Testing 30 male and 30 female university students the results confirmed a low relationship between preference for pace and information-processing ability.

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