Prediction of self-reported knowledge with over-claiming, fluid and crystallized intelligence and typical intellectual engagement

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• 作者：Gizem Hü ; lü ; r^a ; ^{gizem.hueluer@hu-berlin.de} ; Oliver Wilhelm^b ; Stefan Schipolowski^a
• 关键词：Over-Claiming Technique (OCT) ; Over-Claiming Questionnaire (OCQ) ; Self-reported knowledge ; Fluid and crystallized intelligence ; Intellectual engagement
• 刊名：Learning and Individual Differences
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：December, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：21
• 期：6
• 页码：742-746
• 全文大小：396 K

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We investigated the usefulness of the Over-Claiming Questionnaire (OCQ) as a measure of cognitive abilities. In OCQs respondents are asked to rate their familiarity with items of academic or everyday knowledge (Paulhus, Harms, Bruce, & Lysy, 2003). Some items exist in reality (reals), and others do not (foils). We developed four OCQs, each consisting of 40 reals and 8 foils from the domains of Science, Humanities and Civics. The OCQs were administered in a longitudinal rotation design to 112 participants who attended the 9th school grade at the beginning of the study. In latent variable regression analyses 53 % of variation in the reals could be explained by fluid and crystallized intelligence and over-claiming as indicated by responses to foils. Further variation in responses to reals and foils was explained by intellectual engagement. Our results show that self-reported knowledge, although positively related to measures of ability, to a large extent reflects over-claiming.