Intelligence is positively associated with SPT accuracy, with strength varying by measure¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2 · q2 · i2–i3
Currency · newest study 2004 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i2 A meta-analysis found intellectual functioning positively associated with SPT accuracy at a modest level (r = .23). → Gehlbach 2004 q2 i3 IQ correlated much more strongly (r = .77) with Selman's five stages of perspective taking. → Gehlbach 2004 (2)

Evidence¶

Gehlbach 2004¶

Gehlbach, Hunter. (2004). A New Perspective on Perspective Taking: A Multidimensional Approach to Conceptualizing an Aptitude. Educational Psychology Review 16 (3). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EDPR.0000034021.12899.11

q2 · i2 · review · r2

The review reports a meta-analysis finding intellectual functioning, "as assessed by a variety of intelligence measures", positively associated with SPT accuracy at r = .23. The review attributes the modest size to the review authors' synthesis of prior studies.

"Davis and Kraus's (1997) meta-analysis showed that intellectual functioning (as assessed by a variety of intelligence measures) is positively associated with social perspective taking accuracy at a modest level (r = .23)."

Gehlbach 2004 (2)¶

Gehlbach, Hunter. (2004). A New Perspective on Perspective Taking: A Multidimensional Approach to Conceptualizing an Aptitude. Educational Psychology Review 16 (3). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EDPR.0000034021.12899.11

q2 · i3 · theoretical · r3

The review reports Selman's (1980) finding that IQ correlated with his five developmental stages of perspective taking at r = .77, described as much stronger than the meta-analytic estimate. No sample details are printed in the review.

"Selman (1980) found that IQ correlated much more strongly with his five stages of perspective taking (r = .77)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• General Cognitive Ability — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Cognitive style shows a weak, measure-dependent relationship with SPT accuracy — related
• Unidimensional measurement of SPT leaves the SPT–conflict resolution relationship unclear — related
• Intellectual style is a way of directing intelligence, not a level of it — related