Cognitive Complexity: A Brief Synthesis of Theoretical Approaches and a Concept Attainment Task Analogue to Cognitive Structure
- 1 February 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 34 (1), 3-11
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1974.34.1.3
Abstract
Cognitive complexity is seen as comprised of two components, a discriminating and an integrating structure. Theorists have tended to concentrate on one structural component or the other, often ignoring important conceptual distinctions between approaches. A concept-attainment analogue to cognitive complexity is presented to aid in analysing the components of cognitive complexity and theoretical approaches to cognitive complexity.Keywords
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