A Culture-Free Performance Test of General Learning Ability.

Autor/in	Young, Peter Adams
Titel	A Culture-Free Performance Test of General Learning Ability.
Quelle	(1975), (78 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Ability; Ability Identification; Cognitive Processes; Culture Fair Tests; Discrimination Learning; Enlisted Personnel; Nonverbal Tests; Pacing; Performance Tests; Personnel Selection; Predictive Validity; Racial Bias; Racial Differences; Test Bias; Test Construction; Test Reliability; Visual Stimuli + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fähigkeit; Fertigkeit; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Lernen; Lernprozess; Lerntempo; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsermittlung; Leistungsmessung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Rassenunterschied; Testkritik; Testaufbau; Testreliabilität
Abstract	Random polygons were used as stimuli in a two-choice multiple discrimination learning paradigm designed to test individual learning ability. A nonverbal test was developed in order to avoid the cultural and racial bias which, according to the author, is inherent in verbal tests. Information processing rate (IPR) was used as the measure of learning ability. Variables in the test design were: racial group (white or nonwhite), pacing mode (self-paced or machine-paced), and stimulus similarity. Subjects were 121 white and 39 nonwhite male Navy recruits. Over ten trials, a learning effect was demonstrated, with overall internal test reliability of .84. White performance was superior to nonwhite only in the machine-paced mode. Significant correlation between IPR and Navy General Classification Test scores was seen for the entire group, but was present only in the white subgroup when the sample was divided by race. Stimulus similarity did not prove to be a significant factor. It was concluded that a reliable, culture free test of general learning ability was practicable, although its validity with respect to actual job performance has yet to be established. (Author/BW)
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