Measuring cognitive ability with the overclaiming technique

Intelligence

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-314

  Paulhus, Delroy L ^a   Harms, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Overclaiming; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SIGNAL DETECTION; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3042631007     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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