Cognitive Skills, Strategic Sophistication, and Life Outcomes

Abstract

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It is not all about you: Communicative cooperation is determined by your partner’s theory of mind abilities as well as your own.

“…By considering the contribution of fluid intelligence (as measured via the Raven test; Raven, 1958), employing a novel, real-time collaborative task alongside a well-established measure of ToM, we identified the link between mental state understanding and cooperative behavior while controlling for possible contributions of fluid intelligence. Our finding is not dissimilar to the results of Fé et al (2022), who, using a simple gift-exchange game, found that ToM, but not fluid intelligence, positively predicted intentions-based reciprocity (which helps underpin cooperation).…”

Development and validation of School Mental Skills Assessment Scale (SMSAS)

“…In addition to this, the assessment of competence in education lacks consensus in the research by E. Fé, D. Gill and V. Prowse [34], hence the interest in discussing the concept of learning strategies that also encompass the affective, cognitive, and metacognitive dimensions related to learning. This sensitivity of the competence concept thus requires a preliminary qualitative study to analyse students' school behaviour [11].…”

Three dimensions of ecological intelligence: cognitive, behaviour and technology

“…The basic mental abilities we use to think are Cognitive skill. Cognitive skills have some essential components; these are perception, memory, logical thinking, concentration, and rational attitude [34,[44][45][46][47][48][49]. In the context of ecological intelligence, cognitive abilities affect the understanding of environmental conditions and changes, have empathy for ecological damage, have awareness and a sense of responsibility for the importance of preserving the environment and can analyze the ecological impact of decisions made.…”