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2010

Cognitive Psychology

Illinois Wesleyan University

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The Accuracy Of Self-Reported Intuitive And Analytical Ability, Jennifer A. Sobyra Apr 2010

The Accuracy Of Self-Reported Intuitive And Analytical Ability, Jennifer A. Sobyra

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The current study aimed to establish whether individuals can accurately report their experiential (intuitive) and rational (analytical) processing abilities on the Rational-Experiential Inventory (REI) in relation to their performance on the Serial Reaction Time (SRT) and the Operation Span (Ospan) tasks. Previous research has indicated that the rational subscale may have predictive validity, but evidence of the predictive validity of the experiential subscale is mixed. To determine why previous researchers have struggled to establish this link, the current study introduced a manipulation of the knowledge of the psychological definition of intuition and its value in cognitive processing. The researcher hypothesized …