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| Resources: A resource in psychology is a metaphorical reservoir of energy for processing of tasks whose availability may limit speed and accuracy of performance, especially on demanding tasks. See also Performance, Resource theory, Stress, Anxiety, Arousal._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Cognitive Psychology on Resources - Dictionary of Arguments
Corr I 405 Resources/cognitive psychology/Matthews: A resource is a metaphorical reservoir of energy for processing whose availability may limit speed and accuracy of performance, especially on demanding tasks. There may be multiple resources supporting different processing functions, such as verbal and visuospatial processing. The theory has proved contentious, in that resources are hard to define and differentiate from more specific attentional processes. However, resource theories have been quite successful in predicting how performance varies with overall task demands or workload. A major development was the formal exposition of theories of ‘attentional resources’ (see Matthews, Davies, Westerman Westerman and Stammers 2000(1), for a review). >Attention. The essence of resource theories is that pools of ‘energy’ for processing shrink or replenish themselves as the person’s state of >arousal or affect varies. >Performance. 1. Matthews, G., Davies, D. R., Westerman, S. J. and Stammers, R. B. 2000. Human performance: cognition, stress and individual differences. London: Psychology Press Gerald Matthews, „ Personality and performance: cognitive processes and models“, in: Corr, Ph. J. & Matthews, G. (eds.) 2009. The Cambridge handbook of Personality Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Cognitive Psychology Corr I Philip J. Corr Gerald Matthews The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology New York 2009 Corr II Philip J. Corr (Ed.) Personality and Individual Differences - Revisiting the classical studies Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne 2018 |
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