Abstract
This report presents the results of a study concerning psychological studies of individual differences in attention. The subjects were 40 fourth-grade children. They performed on the MFF test. Ss were classified as “Fast/Accurate”,“Slow/Accurate”,“Fast/Inaccurate” and “Slow/Inaccurate” groups. The vigilance task was a simple 20-minute discrimination one. Analysis of variance was performed on each of the vigilance scores. As predicted, significant differences were noted between Ss with different attentional styles, with FA and SA Ss detecting a significantly smaller percentage of false detections than did SI Ss. Moreover performance differences between FA or SA and FI Ss on reaction times were found significant. YG personality test was later administered. The results suggested that accurate (FA, SA) and inaccurate (FI, SI) Ss differed significantly in personality. The inaccurates were identified as inferiority feeling, non-nervousness and social extraversion Ss. The evidence for the conclusion might be summarized as follows. Individual differences in attention appeared to be associated with both inter-individual differences in vigilance and personality characteristics.
