Is it a Small World After All? Investigating the Theoretical Structure of Working Memory Cross-Nationally
| Autor: | Irene Injoque-Ricle, Lisa M. D. Archibald, Tracy Packiam Alloway, Robert Moulder, Flávia Heloísa dos Santos, Maria Chiara Passolunghi, John C. Horton, Aaron Leedy, Débora Inés Burin |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Alloway, Tracy Packiam, Moulder, Robert, Horton, John C., Leedy, Aaron, Archibald, Lisa M. D., Burin, Debora, Injoque-Ricle, Irene, Passolunghi, Maria Chiara, Dos Santos, Flávia Heloísa |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Cultural Studies
Social Psychology EDUCATIONAL RANKINGS income distribution Context (language use) Experimental and Cognitive Psychology cross-national 050105 experimental psychology working memory Developmental psychology CIENCIAS SOCIALES Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Cultural diversity 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Cognitive skill Set (psychology) educational rankings culture Working memory 4. Education 05 social sciences Cultural group selection 1. No poverty Cultural Studie Educational attainment Psicología Test (assessment) educational ranking Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology Cognitive psychology |
| Popis: | To our knowledge, this is one of the first studies to test different theoretical models of working memory in childhood based on a computerized assessment. We tested this across several countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Italy, and uk. The present study addressed the wider macro-cultural context and how this impacts working memory. We used two economic indices (gdp and ppp) to characterize the participating countries and ranked the countries based on the Global Index of Cognitive Skills and Educational Attainment. Children between 5 and 10 years completed the same set of short-term and working memory tests. There were two main findings. First, there was a similar pattern in verbal working memory across countries, which suggests that this skill may be relatively consistent across different cultural groups. In contrast, the pattern for visuo-spatial working memory was different across countries, which may explained by cultural differences and educational rankings of the countries. The second main finding was that both a domain-general model (3-factor) and a domain-specific model (4-factor) provided a reasonably good fit with the data, there was the high relationship between the verbal and visuo-spatial working memory constructs across the countries in the latter model. Thus, it may be a more parsimonious choice to rely on a three-factor model. The data also suggest culture-similar patterns in a computerized assessment of working memory. Fil: Alloway, T. P.. University Of North Florida; Estados Unidos Fil: Moulder, R.. University Of North Florida; Estados Unidos Fil: Horton, J. C.. University Of North Florida; Estados Unidos Fil: Leedy, A.. University Of North Florida; Estados Unidos Fil: Archibald, L.M.D.. University Of Western Ontario; Canadá Fil: Burin, Debora Ines. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología. Instituto de Investigaciones; Argentina Fil: Injoque Ricle, Irene. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología. Instituto de Investigaciones; Argentina Fil: Passolunghi, M. C.. Università Degli Studi Di Trieste; Italia Fil: Dos Santos, F. H.. University Of Minho; Brasil |
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