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S W Cornelius1, A Caspi

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Psychology and Aging
|June 1, 1987
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Everyday problem solving skills in adults show modest links to traditional cognitive tests. Performance on everyday problem solving and verbal abilities increase with age, unlike traditional problem-solving tests.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Adult Development

Background:

  • Traditional cognitive assessments may not fully capture adult problem-solving capabilities.
  • Understanding intellectual development across the adult lifespan is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate an inventory for assessing everyday problem solving in adults.
  • To compare everyday problem solving with traditional cognitive abilities across different age groups.
  • To investigate the influence of age and education on these different problem-solving measures.

Main Methods:

  • Construction and validation of an Everyday Problem-Solving Inventory.
  • Administration of the inventory and traditional cognitive tests (verbal, abstract problem-solving) to 126 adults aged 20-78.

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  • Analysis of correlations between everyday problem solving, traditional abilities, age, and education.

    • Main Results:

    • Modest positive correlations were found between everyday problem solving and traditional cognitive tests.
    • Everyday problem-solving and verbal abilities improved with age.
    • Traditional problem-solving abilities declined after middle age.
    • Education was not significantly related to everyday problem solving.

    Conclusions:

    • Everyday problem solving represents a distinct cognitive domain from traditional ability measures.
    • Intellectual abilities in adulthood are multifaceted, supporting pluralistic conceptions of intelligence.
    • Cognitive development in adulthood is characterized by varying trajectories for different types of problem-solving skills.