成年人在认知能力和教育背景方面的年龄差异。

Adult age differences in cognitive abilities and educational background.

作者信息

Gardner E F, Monge R H

出版信息

Exp Aging Res. 1977 Jul-Nov;3(4-6):337-83. doi: 10.1080/03610737708257116.

Abstract

A large sample of men and women between the ages of 20 and 79 years were given specially devised, adult-relevant tests of vocabulary and information as well as portions of the ABLE test of educational achievement. The familiar pattern of decline with age was found in the ABLE subtests, but not in the adult-relevant tests, which lends support to the position that age trends in tests of cognitive abilities depend significantly upon test contents.

摘要

对大量年龄在20岁至79岁之间的男性和女性进行了专门设计的、与成人相关的词汇和信息测试，以及ABLE教育成就测试的部分内容。在ABLE子测试中发现了随年龄下降的常见模式，但在与成人相关的测试中未发现，这支持了认知能力测试中的年龄趋势在很大程度上取决于测试内容这一观点。