C-57Factorial Construct Validation of an Interactive Model of Visual Perception and Visual Memory with Verbal and Nonverbal Intelligence
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Objective: We investigated factorial component relationships of age, education, visual memory, visual pattern and visual-spatial recognition abilities to verbal and nonverbal intelligence to develop an interactive model of these memorial, perceptual and cognitive domains. Method: Factor scales for components of the Benton Visual Retention Test (BVRT), Visual Form Discrimination Test (VFDT), Judgment of Line Orientation (JLO) and the 14 WAIS-III subtests were available from our previous research. The two BVRT components (BVRT-1: items 1–4, BVRT-2: items 5–10) were factored with the VFDT-1 (items 1–4) and VFDT-2 (items 5–16) components to create two secondary memorial/perceptual factor components. Those new factorial variables were refactored with the two JLO factorial components (JLO-1: items 1–12, JLO-2: items 13–30). Factor scales were computed for the two tertiary memorial/perceptual/spatial components that emerged. Age and educational level were factored with the tertiary components to create quartenary components. Those quartenary components were refactored with the four raw score factorial dimensions of the WAIS-III. Results: WAIS-III Perceptual Organization (PO) was grouped with BVRT-2, VFDT-1, JLO-2 and age. WAIS-III Verbal Comprehension (VC) was grouped with BVRT-1, VFDT-2 and JLO-1. WAIS-III Processing Speed (PS) was grouped with BVRT-2, VFDT-1, JLO-2 and age. WAIS-III Working Memory (WM) was grouped with BVRT-1, VFDT-2 and JLO-1. Conclusion: Nonverbal WAIS-III components were associated with BVRT-1, VFDT-2, JLO-2 and age. Verbal WAIS-III components grouped with BVRT-2, VFDT-1, JLO-2 and educational level. These results support a model of cognition that relates aspects of nonverbal perception, nonverbal memory and demographic features to verbal and nonverbal cognitive processes in a selective and specific manner.
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2753877020