Anxiety and memory

Haynes, Jack R.; Gormly, John

doi:10.3758/bf03336971

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“…The viewpoint underlying the research reported here is that molar measures of performance, such as measures of personality variables, can be best understood as outcomes of basic psychological variables such as individual differences in abilities and attention. The purpose of the following study was to extend research on the interdependence of personality characteristics and basic abilities (Haynes & Gormly , 1977;Hooper, Hooper, & Colbert, 1984) by investigating the relationship between social introversion, measured by peer ratings, and spatial reasoning, measured by performance on the Block Design subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. Pilot work by the authors has indicated a substantial relationship between these two variables.…”

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Social introversion and spatial abilities

Gormly

1986

Bull. Psychon. Soc.

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A study was conducted to examine the association between the personality trait social introversion, measured by peer ratings, and performance on a test of spatial reasoning, the Block Design subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. The subjects were 63 men from social fraternities at a state university. Social introversion and performance on the Block Design test correlated r = .72, p < .001, indicating a substantial association between these seemingly dissimilar measures of performance. Inasmuch as both variables have high heritability coefficients, it is possible they have a common genetic influence.

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