Epistemic behavior relates to curiosity but not to cognitive ability¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Epistemic behavior at T2 was significantly correlated with curiosity but not with cognitive ability, at odds with the environmental enrichment account. → Mussel 2022

Evidence¶

Mussel 2022¶

Mussel, Patrick. (2022). Processes Underlying the Relation between Cognitive Ability and Curiosity with Academic Performance: A Mediation Analysis for Epistemic Behavior in a Five-Year Longitudinal Study. Journal of Intelligence 10: 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10020023

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Bivariate correlation analysis in the Results section of the longitudinal panel study. The article reports that epistemic behavior was "significantly correlated with curiosity, but not with cognitive ability", a pattern the author describes as at odds with the literature. No effect size is printed for the null relation.

"Epistemic behavior, obtained at T2, was significantly correlated with curiosity, but not with cognitive ability."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Interest — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Cognitive ability and curiosity are positively correlated in young adults — related
• Secondary academic performance is predicted by cognitive ability more strongly than by curiosity — related
• Epistemic behavior does not mediate the relation of cognitive ability or curiosity with academic performance — related
• Exploratory: leisure epistemic behavior mediates the relation of cognitive ability with tertiary academic performance, with a very small effect — related
• Neither cognitive ability, curiosity, nor epistemic behavior significantly predicts tertiary academic performance in the heterogeneous sample — related