Elementary cognitive task

An elementary cognitive task (ECT) is any of a range of basic tasks which require only a small number of mental processes and which have easily specified correct outcomes.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The term was proposed by John Bissell Carroll in 1980,^[4] who posited that all test performance could be analyzed and broken down to building blocks called ECTs. Test batteries such as Microtox were developed based on this theory and have shown utility in the evaluation of test subjects under the influence of carbon monoxide or alcohol.^[5]

References

^ Human Cognitive Abilities: A Survey of Factor-Analytic Studies By John Bissell Carroll 1993 Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-38712-4 p11
^ Hunt, Earl B. (2011). Human intelligence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 142. ISBN 9780521881623. OCLC 567165797.
^ Haier, Richard J. (2016-12-28). The neuroscience of intelligence. New York, NY. p. 227. ISBN 9781107089778. OCLC 951742581.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Carroll, John B. (1980). Individual Difference Relations in Psychometric and Experimental Cognitive Tasks. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina.
^ Roger W. Russell, ed. (1990). Behavioral Measures of Neurotoxicity: Report of a Symposium. Pamela Ebert Flattau, Andrew MacPherson Pope. National Academies Press. ISBN 0-309-04047-7.

[Carroll-1] Human Cognitive Abilities: A Survey of Factor-Analytic Studies By John Bissell Carroll 1993 Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-38712-4 p11

[:0-2] Hunt, Earl B. (2011). Human intelligence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 142. ISBN 9780521881623. OCLC 567165797.

[3] Haier, Richard J. (2016-12-28). The neuroscience of intelligence. New York, NY. p. 227. ISBN 9781107089778. OCLC 951742581.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[4] Carroll, John B. (1980). Individual Difference Relations in Psychometric and Experimental Cognitive Tasks. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina.

[5] Roger W. Russell, ed. (1990). Behavioral Measures of Neurotoxicity: Report of a Symposium. Pamela Ebert Flattau, Andrew MacPherson Pope. National Academies Press. ISBN 0-309-04047-7.

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