The Architecture, Dynamics, and Development of Mental Processing: Greek, Chinese, or Universal?

Autor/inn/en	Demetriou, A.; Kui, Z.X.; Spanoudis, G.; Christou, C.; Kyriakides, L.; Platsidou, M.
Titel	The Architecture, Dynamics, and Development of Mental Processing: Greek, Chinese, or Universal?
Quelle	In: Intelligence, 33 (2005) 2, S.109-141 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0160-2896
DOI	10.1016/j.intell.2004.10.003
Schlagwörter	Written Language; Memory; Architecture; Intellectual Development; Rating Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschriebene Sprache; Gedächtnis; Architektur; Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung; Rating-Skala
Abstract	This study compared Greeks with Chinese, from 8 to 14 years of age, on measures of processing efficiency, working memory, and reasoning. All processes were addressed through three domains of relations: verbal/propositional, quantitative, and visuo/spatial. Structural equations modelling and rating scale analysis showed that the architecture and developmental patterning of the various processes are basically the same in the two ethic groups. The Chinese clearly outperformed the Greeks in all tasks addressing visuo/spatial processing, from processing efficiency through working memory and reasoning, but neither in g nor in processes where the two groups have equivalent experience. This advantage was associated to the massive practice in visuo/spatial processing that is required to learn the Chinese logographic writing system. The implications for general theory of intelligence and intellectual development are discussed. (Author).
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