¿Es Posible Autoadministrar una Prueba de Memoria Prospectiva? Validez de Constructo y Ecopsicológica de una Prueba Autoadministrada
Autor/es: Leibovich de Figueroa, Nora; Wilson, Maximiliano; Injoque Ricle, Irene
RESUMEN
Palabras clave: Prospective Memory - Ecological Assessment - Validity - Self-administration
ABSTRACT
Is It Possible to Self-Administer a Prospective Memory Task? Construct and Ecological Validity of a Self-Administered Prospective Memory Task
Prospective Memory (PM) involves complex cognitive abilities that enable us to perform in the future delayed intentions. Since these tasks are normally initiated in a certain context its assessment must take into consideration such environment. Traditionally, PM has been assessed by means of the presence of an examiner who controlled the rightful execution of the tasks. The aim of the present work is to compare the performance in PM tasks in a traditionally administered sample and a self-administered one. The results indicate that there are no significative differences between the performances of the two samples. This seems to support the ecological and construct validity of the new assessment variation. And it will enable the collection of larger amounts of data for it leaves behind time and space limitations that administration to big samples implies.
Keywords: Prospective Memory - Ecological Assessment - Validity - Self-administration