A Test of the Circumvention-of-Limits Hypothesis in Scientific Problem Solving: The Case of Geological Bedrock Mapping

被引：65

作者：

Hambrick, David Z. ^{[1
]}

Libarkin, Julie C. ^{[2
]}

Petcovic, Heather L. ^{[3
,4
]}

Baker, Kathleen M. ^{[5
]}

Elkins, Joe ^{[6
]}

Callahan, Caitlin N. ^{[4
]}

Turner, Sheldon P. ^{[2
]}

Rench, Tara A. ^{[1
]}

LaDue, Nicole D. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Michigan State Univ, Dept Psychol, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA

[2] Michigan State Univ, Dept Geol Sci, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA

[3] Western Michigan Univ, Dept Geosci, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA

[4] Western Michigan Univ, Mallinson Inst Sci Educ, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA

[5] Western Michigan Univ, Dept Geog, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA

[6] Univ No Colorado, Sch Earth Sci & Phys, Greeley, CO 80639 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL | 2012年 / 141卷 / 03期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

scientific problem solving; expertise; cognitive ability; individual differences; WORKING-MEMORY CAPACITY; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; COGNITIVE-ABILITIES; DELIBERATE PRACTICE; EXPERT PERFORMANCE; JOB-PERFORMANCE; DISCIPLINES; SKILL; ACQUISITION; DOMAIN;

D O I：

10.1037/a0025927

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Sources of individual differences in scientific problem solving were investigated. Participants representing a wide range of experience in geology completed tests of visuospatial ability and geological knowledge, and performed a geological bedrock mapping task, in which they attempted to infer the geological structure of an area in the Tobacco Root Mountains of Montana. A Visuospatial Ability X Geological Knowledge interaction was found, such that visuospatial ability positively predicted mapping performance at low, but not high, levels of geological knowledge. This finding suggests that high levels of domain knowledge may sometimes enable circumvention of performance limitations associated with cognitive abilities.

引用

页码：397 / 403

页数：7

共 38 条

[1] DETERMINANTS OF INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES DURING SKILL ACQUISITION - COGNITIVE-ABILITIES AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING [J].

ACKERMAN, PL .

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-GENERAL, 1988, 117 (03) :288-318

[2] ACQUISITION OF COGNITIVE SKILL [J].

ANDERSON, JR .

PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW, 1982, 89 (04) :369-406

[3]

[Anonymous], 1897, Psychological Review, DOI [10.1037/h0073806, DOI 10.1037/H0073806]

[4]

[Anonymous], 1996, Cognition in the Wild

[5]

[Anonymous], 2003, APPL MULTIPLE REGRES, DOI DOI 10.1111/J.1365-2575.2007.00238.X

[6]

Bennett G.K., 1972, MANUAL DIFFERENTIAL

[7]

Carroll J.B., 1993, Human cognitive abilities: A survey of factor-analytic studies, DOI DOI 10.1017/CB09780511571312

[8] PERCEPTION IN CHESS [J].

CHASE, WG ;

SIMON, HA .

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 1973, 4 (01) :55-81

[9] Working memory span tasks: A methodological review and user's guide [J].

Conway, ARA ;

Kane, MJ ;

Bunting, MF ;

Hambrick, DZ ;

Wilhelm, O ;

Engle, RW .

PSYCHONOMIC BULLETIN & REVIEW, 2005, 12 (05) :769-786

[10] THE 2 DISCIPLINES OF SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGY [J].

CRONBACH, LJ .

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, 1957, 12 (05) :671-684

← 1 2 3 4 →