Measuring cognitive differences among three cultural groups: an exploratory study

The purpose of the study was to explore two new macrocognitive measures that assessed complex cognitive differences in natural settings among three national groups; Malay, Indonesian and Arab students. The first, the Cognition in Context scale, measured differences in six cultural dimensions and the...

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Main Authors:	Noor, Noraini M., Khalid, Halimahtun M.
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Language:	English English
Published:	Behavioral Science Research Institute, Srinakharinwirot University 2015
Subjects:	BF309 Consciousness. Cognition
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spelling	iium-428882017-11-07T03:48:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/42888/ Measuring cognitive differences among three cultural groups: an exploratory study Noor, Noraini M. Khalid, Halimahtun M. BF309 Consciousness. Cognition The purpose of the study was to explore two new macrocognitive measures that assessed complex cognitive differences in natural settings among three national groups; Malay, Indonesian and Arab students. The first, the Cognition in Context scale, measured differences in six cultural dimensions and the relationships among these dimensions. The second, the Dynamic Cognition test, measured decision making performance based on two unfolding scenarios. We predicted some shared cognitive processes among the groups due to their common religious denominator but also expected cultural differences because of their different histories. Results of the one-way ANOVA showed significant differences for all subscales of the Cognition in Context scale. Post-Hoc tests showed significant differences in the three groups on the various subscales. The results of the Dynamic Cognition test, however, were less clear. While these findings showed that Malays, Indonesians and Arabs are culturally different in terms of problem solving and decision making skills, due to the different sample sizes, the overall findings cannot be treated as clearly conclusive. Nevertheless, with respect to the two measures, the Cognition in Context scale appears to be more promising than Dynamic Cognition in understanding cultural differences involving complex cognitive tasks. Behavioral Science Research Institute, Srinakharinwirot University 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42888/1/No.01_Noor__Khalid_1-12.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/42888/4/42888_Measuring_cognitive_differences_among_three_cultural_groups_WOS.pdf Noor, Noraini M. and Khalid, Halimahtun M. (2015) Measuring cognitive differences among three cultural groups: an exploratory study. International Journal of Behavioral Science, 10 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1906-4675 http://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJBS/article/view/29565
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description	The purpose of the study was to explore two new macrocognitive measures that assessed complex cognitive differences in natural settings among three national groups; Malay, Indonesian and Arab students. The first, the Cognition in Context scale, measured differences in six cultural dimensions and the relationships among these dimensions. The second, the Dynamic Cognition test, measured decision making performance based on two unfolding scenarios. We predicted some shared cognitive processes among the groups due to their common religious denominator but also expected cultural differences because of their different histories. Results of the one-way ANOVA showed significant differences for all subscales of the Cognition in Context scale. Post-Hoc tests showed significant differences in the three groups on the various subscales. The results of the Dynamic Cognition test, however, were less clear. While these findings showed that Malays, Indonesians and Arabs are culturally different in terms of problem solving and decision making skills, due to the different sample sizes, the overall findings cannot be treated as clearly conclusive. Nevertheless, with respect to the two measures, the Cognition in Context scale appears to be more promising than Dynamic Cognition in understanding cultural differences involving complex cognitive tasks.
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author	Noor, Noraini M. Khalid, Halimahtun M.
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title	Measuring cognitive differences among three cultural groups: an exploratory study
title_short	Measuring cognitive differences among three cultural groups: an exploratory study
title_full	Measuring cognitive differences among three cultural groups: an exploratory study
title_fullStr	Measuring cognitive differences among three cultural groups: an exploratory study
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring cognitive differences among three cultural groups: an exploratory study
title_sort	measuring cognitive differences among three cultural groups: an exploratory study
publisher	Behavioral Science Research Institute, Srinakharinwirot University
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/42888/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42888/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/42888/1/No.01_Noor__Khalid_1-12.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/42888/4/42888_Measuring_cognitive_differences_among_three_cultural_groups_WOS.pdf
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