Are cognitive assessment methods equal? A comparison of think aloud and thought listing

Blackwell, Richard T.; Galassi, John P.; Galassi, Merna Dee; Watson, Thomas E.

doi:10.1007/bf01173089

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“…The amount of reported thoughts did show differences between the two techniques, albeit counter to results from previous research (Blackwell et aL> 1985;Lodge et al, 2000). The findings give some indication that people are indeed able to verbalize thoughts while watching the news, albeit not always without problems.…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 98%

“…A study by Lodge et al, (2000), found that the Thinking-Aloud Method yielded more material (amount of words and thoughts) than Thought-Listing (see also Blackwell et al, 1985). I tried to assess this by comparing the two techniques.…”

Section: Comparing Two Alternative Techniquesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Blackwell et al, 1985;Höijer, 1989;Lodge et al, 2000). The next step, the coding of the material, consisted of two phases directed at differentiating between several types of 'thoughts'.…”

Section: Codingmentioning

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Using Protocol Analysis in Television News Research: Proposal and First Tests

Schaap¹

2001

Communications

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Up to now, research on the processing of television news by its viewers has concentrated on assessing people's ability to reproduce news items; i.e., measuring one 's ability to recall a news fact. Measuring recall ability, as well as assessing the accuracy of this recall is based on what researchers designate as the important part(s) of a news item. Although this type of research has yielded important results, some authors feel that it invokes a somewhat limited view of what people 'do' with the news. These authors argue that processing the news is an active, interpretive process by which viewers make sense of the information. It may be useful to take the viewer's perspective into account when studying the processing of television news for it may provide with much additional information. This article presents an alternative way to study the processing of television news: protocol analysis, i.e., using verbalizations of thoughts as data. Results of a small scale pilot study show that one type of protocol analysis, the Thought-Listing Technique has more potential than another type, called Thinking-Aloud Method.

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Using Protocol Analysis in Television News Research: Proposal and First Tests

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2001

Communications

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“…They varied only in the assessment method used. Similar results have been found when assessing cognitions related to test anxiety and heterosocial anxiety (Blackwell, Galassi, Galassi, & Watson, 1985;Myszka, Galassi, & Ware, 1986). Finally, Oliver and Spokane (1988), in their meta-analysis of career-intervention outcomes, not only concluded that different measures may lead to different conclusions but also went so far as to state, "We can at this point think of no greater contribution than for a group of researchers to engage in the development of a set of standard measures to be used in career-counseling research .…”

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Choosing Outcome Assessment Devices: An Organizational and Conceptual Scheme

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1992

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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“…For example, Kendall and Hollon (1989) discussed potential problems involved in the self-statement inventory methodology including subject's possible reliance on retrospective recognition (Clark, 1988), more reactivity potential than other self-talk assessment strategies (Blackwell, Galassi, Galassi, & Watson, 1985), and endorsement possibly based on subjects' implicit theories about their thoughts and feelings rather than actual cognitions or on content that is not explicitly "cognitive" (Arnkoff & Glass, 1989). The present study addressed some of these issues directly by deriving initial items from a production methodology.…”

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