Showing posts with label intelligence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intelligence. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

IQ & the International Cognitive Ability Resource Sample Test

 



Assessment name:  International Cognitive Ability Resource Sample Test (ICAR)

Scale overview: The International Cognitive Ability Resource Sample Test (ICAR-16) is a 16-item assessment of cognitive ability in four domains.

Authors: David Condon and William Revelle

 

Response Type: Items are rated on a scale of agreement from

Scale items

International Cognitive Ability Resource scale items are protected but available to registered users. The 16-items version includes 4-items per cognitive domain. Following are the 4 domains.

LN – Letter number Series

MR – Matrix Reasoning

VR – Verbal Reasoning

R3D – three-dimensional reasoning

Psychometric properties

Merz et al. (2022) reported a normal distribution of International Cognitive Ability Resource scale scores and positive correlations with level of education, income, and a self-estimate of intelligence. There were no gender differences on the total score.

Lace and Evans (2021) found an inverse correlation between spirituality and intelligence using the ASPIRES-SF and the ICARS-16 (r = -0.22 for ASPIRES-SF-R and -0.11 for ASPIRES-SF-S).

Lace and Evans (2021) also reported mean IQ scores using ICAR-16 for religious and nonreligious adults. Those who identified as only religious obtained the lowest intelligence scores. The total ICAR-16 intelligence scores are reported by category identity below. See Table 2 in their article for score details.

Religious = 92.99

Spiritual = 99.37

Religious & Spiritual = 98.86

Not religious or spiritual = 103.73

The effect size comparing Religious and Not religious = .73

 Other data may be found in Condon and Revelle (2014), Revelle et al. (2020), and Dworak et al. (2021).

                       

Availability: The ICAR is available online at The Project - International Cognitive Ability Resource - The ICAR Project (icar-project.com)

References for the scale

Condon, D. M., & Revelle, W. (2014). The international cognitive ability resource: Development and ini[1]tial validation of a public-domain measure. Intelligence, 43, 52–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell. 2014.01.004

Dworak, E. M., Revelle, W., Doebler, P., & Condon, D. M. (2021). Using the International Cognitive Ability Resources as an open source tool to explore individual differences in cognitive ability. Peresonality and Individual Differences, 169(1), 109906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.109906

 

Lace, John W., and Luke N. Evans. 2022. “The Relationship between Religiousness/Spirituality and Psychometric Intelligence in the United States.” Journal of Religion and Health 61 (6): 4516–34. doi:10.1007/s10943-021-01394-4.

Merz, Z. C., Lace, J. W., & Eisenstein, A. M. (2020). Examining broad intellectual abilities obtained within an MTurk internet sample. Current Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi. org/10.1007/s12144-020-00741-0

Revelle, W., Dworak, E. M., & Condon, D. (2020). Cognitive ability in everyday life: The utility of open[1]source measures. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29(4), 358–363. https://doi.org/10. 1177/0963721420922178

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Link to ASPIRES-SF 

 

Resource Link for More Tests:  A – Z Test Index

 

 

 

NOTICE:

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Thursday, September 8, 2022

Adult Decision Making Competence ADMC

 


Measure name: Adult Decision-Making Competence ADMC

Overview: The Adult Decision-Making Competence measure consists of a set of seven decision-making tasks designed to assess different aspects of decision-making.

 Response Type: The responses vary with the task.

Scale items: The Adult Decision-Making Competence measure includes the following seven tasks. The numbers in parentheses are Cronbach alphas and test-retest values.

Resistance to Framing (.62, .58)

Recognizing Social Norms (.64, .46)

Under/Overconfidence (.77, .47)

Applying Decision Rules (.73, .77)

Consistency in Risk Perception (.72, .51)

Resistance to Sunk Costs (.54, .61)

Path Independence (.75, .28)

See Appendix A of the 2007 article for a lengthy list of sample items for the 7 task categories mentioned above.

 

Reliability:

Cronbach’s Alpha and test-retest values were reported in Table 2 of the 2007 article referenced below. See the values next to the 7 tasks above.

Validity:

The 2007 article includes the results of factor analyses. In addition, the authors reported correlations between the Adult Decision-Making Competence and a variety of other measures such as SES, Raven, Nelson-Denny, Decision-Making Outcomes, and Decision-Making Styles.

 

Availability or Contact Information

From the article

Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Wa¨ndi Bruine de Bruin, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. E-mail: wandi@cmu.edu

 

Reference for the scale

Bruine de Bruin, W., Parker, A. M., & Fischhoff, B. (2007). Individual differences in adult decision-making competence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology92(5), 938–956. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.92.5.938

 

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Monday, September 28, 2020

Big Five Personality Scales


There are a few scales that measure the Big Five Personality Traits. One acronym is the word OCEAN. Each letter refers to the first letter of a Big Five personality trait.

Scientific studies by Paul Costa and Robert McCrae (1998) established a basis for the five factors known by the acronym OCEAN, which I refer to below.


See Big Five Personality Theory for more details and references.

 

O- Openness to experience includes curiosity, imagination, and creativity. People high in this trait appreciate complexity and originality and enjoy new experiences.

 

C- Conscientiousness describes behavior patterns of self-control and acting in socially acceptable ways. People high in conscientiousness are dependable, work within rules, plan and organize effectively, and have a strong degree of gratification. 

 

E- Extroversion  (aka extraversion) is often considered along with introversion. In a sense, the dimension identifies where a person finds their energy. Extroverts thrive in the presence of others while introverts need to withdraw from people to restore their souls in solitude. 

 

A- Agreeableness refers to patterns of interactions with others and contrasts with disagreeableness. People might describe those high in agreeableness as altruistic, trusting, modest, humble, patient, tactful, polite, kind, loyal, helpful, sensitive, amiable, cheerful, and considerate.

 

N- Neuroticism refers to emotional stability. Sensitive clinicians reframe this term as Emotional Stability. 


Availability of a Big Five Inventory

Link to a copy of the 44-item Big Five Inventory 

https://fetzer.org/sites/default/files/images/stories/pdf/selfmeasures/Personality-BigFiveInventory.pdf 

Link to a brief online version of the Big Five:  https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/personality-quiz/

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Intelligence and the Big Five

Results showed that openness (ρ = .20) and neuroticism (ρ = −.09) were the strongest Big Five correlates of intelligence and that openness correlated more with crystallized than fluid intelligence. At the facet level, traits related to intellectual engagement and unconventionality were more strongly related to intelligence than other openness facets, and sociability and orderliness were negatively correlated with intelligence. Facets of gregariousness and excitement seeking had stronger negative correlations, and openness to aesthetics, feelings, and values had stronger positive correlations with crystallized than fluid intelligence. Facets explained more than twice the variance of domains.

(Anglim et al. 2022)

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Spirituality and the Big Five

Ashton and Lee (2021) reported a positive relationship between religiosity and Big Five traits of agreeableness and conscientiousness.


Resource Link:  A – Z Test Index


Big Five References

Anglim, J., Dunlop, P. D., Wee, S., Horwood, S., Wood, J. K., & Marty, A. (2022). Personality and intelligence: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin148(5–6), 301–336. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000373.supp (Supplemental)

Ashton, M. C., & Lee, K. (2021). A review of personality/religiousness associations. Current Opinion in Psychology40, 51–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.08.023

Costa, P. T., Jr., & McCrae, R. R. (1998). Trait theories of personality. In D. F. Barone, M. Hersen, & V. B. Van Hasselt (Eds.), The Plenum series in social/clinical psychology: Advanced personality (p. 103–121). Plenum Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8580-4_5

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I created this Big Five Chart with an easy reference to the Domains and Facets 

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FIVE DOMAINS

FACETS

O

Openness to experience

   - closed to new experiences

 

 Ideas

 Fantasy

 Aesthetics

 Actions

 Feelings

 Values


C

Conscientiousness

   - careless, disorganized

 

 Competence 

 Order

 Dutifulness

 Achievement striving

 Self-discipline

 Deliberation


E

Extraversion

   - introversion

 

 Gregariousness

 Assertiveness 

 Activity

 Excitement-seeking 

 Positive emotions 

 Warmth 


A

Agreeableness

   - disagreeableness

 

 Trust

 Straightforwardness

  Altruism

 Compliance

 Modesty

 Tender-mindedness


N

Neuroticism

  - emotional stability

 

Anxiety

Angry hostility

Depression

 Self-consciousness

Impulsiveness

Vulnerability












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