A psychometric approach to intuitive physics |
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| Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Cedar?RienerEmail author Dennis?R?Proffitt Timothy?Salthouse |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, P.O. Box 90085, Durham, NC 27708, USA;(2) Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA;(3) Department of Psychology, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USA |
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| Abstract: | The literature on intuitive physics shows that many people exhibit systematic errors when predicting the behavior of simple
physical events. Most previous research has attributed these errors to factors specific to a certain class of tasks. In the
present study, we investigated the possibility that intuitive physics performance may be related to general measures of cognitive
ability. Two hundred four adults (ages, 20-91 years) were presented with five pairs of intuitive physics questions. It was
found that performance on the intuitive physics items was moderately intercorrelated, suggesting that they were tapping into
a unitary construct. Despite the correlation with factors that decline with advancing age, intuitive physics performance was
not correlated with age (r= .00). The findings are discussed in the context of research on intuitive physics, as well as research on cognitive aging. |
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