OTIS IQ and Information-Processing Rate in a Work-Paced and Self-Paced Task

Abstract

Previous investigators had found that self-pacing enhances performance of perceptual-motor tasks. To determine whether self-pacing would increase the observed relationship of information-processing rate with measures of intelligence 31 matched pairs of students, matched for Otis IQ, were randomly assigned to a Work-paced or Self-paced simple arithmetic task. The relationship of the mean response latency to Otis IQ was moderate in each group. However, there was no significant difference between groups in the magnitude of relationship. Self-pacing did not enhance the relationship. The magnitude of the relationship with Otis IQ was relatively high considering the complexity and duration of the arithmetic test.