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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 1999 Dec;14(4):627–644. doi: 10.1037//0882-7974.14.4.627
Measures assessing many cognitive abilities or a general ability Measures assessing specific abilities

Everyday problem solving Everyday memory
Cornelius & Caspi, 1987 Kirasic, Allen, Dobson, & Binder, 1996
Marsiske & Willis, 1995 Morrell, Park, & Poon, 1989
Practical problems West, Crook, & Barron, 1992
Denney & Pearce, 1989 Everyday information
Demming & Pressey, 1957
Gardner & Monge, 1977
Tacit knowledge
Sternberg & Wagner, 1992
Colonia-Willner, 1998
Wisdom-related knowledge
P.B. Baltes & Smith, 1990
Everyday reasoning
Capon & Kuhn, 1979
Measures assessing many domains Measures assessing specific domains

Everyday problem solving Instrumental activities of daily living
Berg, Strough, Calderone, Sansone, & Weir, 1998 Marsiske & Willis, 1995
Blanchard-Fields, Chen, & Norris, 1997 Willis & Marsiske, 1991, 1993
Cornelius & Caspi, 1987 Interpersonal or social dilemmas
Practical problem solving Blanchard-Fields, Jahnke, & Camp, 1995
Denney, 1989 Strough, Berg, & Sansone, 1996
Denney & Pearce, 1989 Medication use
Ecological problem solving Morrell, Park, & Poon, 1989
Hartley, 1989 Financial planning
Hershey, Walsh, Read, & Chulef, 1990
Consumerism
Capon, Kuhn, & Carretero, 1989
Johnson, 1990
Political decision making
Riggle & Johnson, 1996