Business Administration 1220E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cognitive Style, Spatial Ability, Working Memory
17 May 2018
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Understanding Cognitive Differences
Perceptions differ amongst different people
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People respond differently to the same stimuli
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Group Development
Forming
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Storming
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Norming
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Performing
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Adjourning
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What types of cognitive differences?
Cognitive ability
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refers to some aspect human ability toperform cognitive tasks, that is, tasks ‘in
which correct and appropriate processing of mental information is critical to
successful performance
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(Carroll, 1993) – Best known systems of cognitive abilities is Carroll’s 3-stratum
theory–Examples of cognitive abilities: Working memory, Spatial ability, Verbal
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Cognitive style
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personality dimension that influenceshow people collect, analyze, evaluate, and
interpret information
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(Harrison & Rainer, 1992) – Example of cognitive style: field dependence /
field independence (FD/FI)
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