Journal of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Cognitive Performance as a Function of JobMatch Logic Aptitude Test: Individual Differences Associated With Response Time
Bengt Jansson, Klaus Olsen, Rose Mary Erixon, and Trevor Archer
Abstract
In a study of cognitive performance based upon the JobMatch Logic Aptitude test that was comprised of 1025 participants, of whom 75% were female and 25% were male, the associations between individual differences with response time were investigated. It was observed that the frequency distributions of individually based correlations between ‘Correct answer’ and corresponding ‘Response time’ were all normal, despite a small degree of ‘flatness’. Furthermore, the correlations between ‘Correct answer’ and corresponding ‘Response time’ over JML category showed increasing and incremental absolute values from complex to mathematical to numerical to logical to speed. Finally, the variance analysis of Fisher’s z' values over JML category showed a monotonously decreasing curve over the skills categories. Thus, two types of cognitive processing were distinguished: (a) 'experiential', involving the Complex and Mathematical skills; and (b) the 'intuitive', involving the Logical and Speed skills, respectively, whereas numerical skills are construed as invoking an 'intuitive processing within framed experience'.
Keywords: JML – correct answers – response time – correlation – complex – mathematical – numerical – logical – speed – ‘experiential.
Journal Information
- Journal Name: Journal of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
- Journal Short Name: J Ment Health Substance Use
- Language: English
- Format of Publication: Online
- Starting Year: 2020
- Focus Subject: Mental Health Disorders, Substance Abuse, and Addiction
- Publication Model: Online
- Frequency of Publication: One Issue a Year
- Review Process: Single blind peer-review by referees
- Time to 1st Decision: 2 to 3 weeks from date of submission
- Time to Acceptance: 4 to 6 weeks, depending upon the required revision cycles
- Time to Publication: 1 to 3 weeks from date of final submission in the forthcoming issue
- DOI Prefix: 10.7620
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