Cognitive Complexity: Construct Descriptive Terms vs Cognitive Process

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Abstract
It was hypothesized that cognitive complexity (CC) scores derived from own and provided constructs may be equivalent because of the limited relevance of specific construct descriptive terms to the actual underlying cognitive dimensions used by the judge. Sixty-three Ss, assigned to three levels of abstractness, were administered the Interpersonal Discrimination Test from which were derived 2 CC type scores: differentiation, based on the number of non-repeated constructs generated, and over-all discrimination, based on the extent to which functionally independent construct dimensions were broken down. The groups were not significantly different on mean differentiation scores, but were significantly different on mean discrimination scores. The results were interpreted as supporting the original hypothesis and further implications were discussed.

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