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An exploratory study of Novelty Seeking tendencies and students' performance on executive functioning tasks
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/31610 An exploratory study of Novelty Seeking tendencies and students' performance on executive functioning tasks Cassimjee, Nafisa Gous, Leah Subscales Tci Novelty seeking Executive functioning Impulsiveness Temperament Personality Psychobiological theory Neuropsychological performance Penncnp UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. In light of collated research linking temperament traits and executive performance, the aim of this study is to explore, in a large non-clinical sample, the differences in executive performance profiles among participants with different intensities of the trait Novelty Seeking (NS). A further aim is to establish which facets of NS contribute to these differences. The NS temperament dimension and its subscales were operationalised as scores on the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), which is based on the psychobiological theory of personality. The University of Pennsylvania Computerised Neuropsychological Test Battery (PennCNP) of executive functioning (EF) and abstract reasoning was used to measure participants’ neuropsychological EF. The total sample of participants (n= 461) was divided into high NS (n= 216) and low NS (n= 245) groups to investigate any significant differences between them. Further analysis was then conducted in order to analyse the relationship between the NS scale, the four subscales (Exploratory Excitability, Impulsiveness, Extravagance, and Disorderliness), and performance in executive tasks. The findings of this study indicated significant differences between groups with different intensities of NS, with the high NS group functioning notably better in performance and reaction time. Furthermore, this study showed that facets of NS, such as impulsiveness was a significant contributor to EF performance outcomes. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-10T07:01:55Z 2013 2013-09-10T07:01:55Z 2013 2013 2013-07-04 Dissertation Gous, L. 2013, An exploratory study of Novelty Seeking tendencies and students' performance on executive functioning tasks, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31610> C13/9/1052 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31610 Eng © 2013, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Subscales Tci Novelty seeking Executive functioning Impulsiveness Temperament Personality Psychobiological theory Neuropsychological performance Penncnp UCTD An exploratory study of Novelty Seeking tendencies and students' performance on executive functioning tasks |
| title | An exploratory study of Novelty Seeking tendencies and students' performance on executive functioning tasks |
| title_full | An exploratory study of Novelty Seeking tendencies and students' performance on executive functioning tasks |
| title_fullStr | An exploratory study of Novelty Seeking tendencies and students' performance on executive functioning tasks |
| title_full_unstemmed | An exploratory study of Novelty Seeking tendencies and students' performance on executive functioning tasks |
| title_short | An exploratory study of Novelty Seeking tendencies and students' performance on executive functioning tasks |
| title_sort | exploratory study of novelty seeking tendencies and students performance on executive functioning tasks |
| topic | Subscales Tci Novelty seeking Executive functioning Impulsiveness Temperament Personality Psychobiological theory Neuropsychological performance Penncnp UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31610 |