Investigated undergraduates' representation of academic intelligence and the association of such representation with the subject in which they are majoring. 198 undergraduates (aged 20–26 yrs) filled out a questionnaire in which they were requested to think of the prototype of the intelligent student in their major and to rate on a 5-point scale how close each of the intellectual abilities involved in academic courses is to such a prototype. Analyses show that the intelligent student was a multicomponential concept including both thinking and expressive abilities. Furthermore, the definition of an intelligent student varied as a function of Ss' academic major; Ss tended to overevaluate the specific abilities linked to their own major
Antonietti, A., Iafrate, R., Meazza, F., The "intelligent student" as perceived by undergraduates of different disciplines, <<STUDIA PSYCHOLOGICA>>, 1995; 1995 (37): 37-46 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/16072]
The "intelligent student" as perceived by undergraduates of different disciplines
Antonietti, Alessandro;Iafrate, Raffaella;
1995
Abstract
Investigated undergraduates' representation of academic intelligence and the association of such representation with the subject in which they are majoring. 198 undergraduates (aged 20–26 yrs) filled out a questionnaire in which they were requested to think of the prototype of the intelligent student in their major and to rate on a 5-point scale how close each of the intellectual abilities involved in academic courses is to such a prototype. Analyses show that the intelligent student was a multicomponential concept including both thinking and expressive abilities. Furthermore, the definition of an intelligent student varied as a function of Ss' academic major; Ss tended to overevaluate the specific abilities linked to their own majorI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.