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@PHDTHESIS{Drfler:61708,
author = {Dörfler, Tobias},
othercontributors = {Hornke, Lutz F.},
title = {{I}ntelligenz, {P}ersönlichkeit und die mediierende
{W}irkung von {I}tembearbeitungszeiten},
address = {Aachen},
publisher = {Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University},
reportid = {RWTH-CONV-123343},
pages = {III, 188 S. : graph. Darst.},
year = {2007},
note = {Aachen, Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 2007},
abstract = {Assessment of cognitive abilities is normally based on
performance on intelligence test items only. With the
increasing use of computer based testing, psychological
research becomes more and more interested in the meaning of
response latencies in various test settings as a process
oriented measure of personality. The investigation of timing
behavior has a long tradition and people’s intellectual
ability is one widely examined predictor of these response
time differences. Unclear, however, is the association of
basic personality dimensions to timing behavior and the
corresponding cognitive ability. The aim of the present
study was to analyze the influence of basic personality
dimensions on individual timing behavior. Therefore,
reasoning ability, timing behavior in the used intelligence
test and a detailed personality profile of 101 German high
school and university students (70 females) aged from 16 to
53 years were administered in a computer-based testing
environment. Raven’s Advanced Progressive Matrices were
given as a power test, i.e. there was no default time limit.
Results indicate that response latencies – as a new
psychological parameter – could be embedded into the
complex consisting of mental speed, intelligence and
personality. It is shown that the correlations between
extraversion and intelligence as well as state-anxiety and
intelligence are to a substantial amount mediated by timing
behavior of the tested person. Both, extraverted and
state-anxious individuals are characterized by a rapid and
superficial working style, which decreases their performance
in a challenging cognitive ability test. Due to these
findings the competency of high anxious or high extraverted
individuals might be underestimated if only performance is
recorded. Response latencies are declared as a useful
indicator for enhancing the quality of psychological tests.
For further clarifications of the gained results an
experimental design is discussed, which would support the
conclusions drawn within this cross-sectional approach on
the one hand, and help to generate new approaches for the
research on individual timing behavior on the other hand.},
cin = {721310},
ddc = {150},
cid = {$I:(DE-82)721310_20140620$},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
urn = {urn:nbn:de:hbz:82-opus-18390},
url = {https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/61708},
}