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Peer reviewedMacCluskie, K. C.; Tunick, R. H.; Dial, J. G.; Paul, D. S. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1998
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) and the Cognitive Test for the Blind were used to compare verbal and nonverbal abstraction ability of adults who became blind before age 2 or after age 5 (when expressive language would have been developed). No significant differences were found, but variability of scores on the WAIS-R…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adventitious Impairments, Blindness, Cognitive Development
PDF pending restorationCurtis, Patricia Gelber
It was hypothesized that there are significant differences in intellectual patterns between black and white populations which can be demonstrated on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). A one-way analysis of variance was performed on the subjects' scores on the WAIS subtests and the Verbal, Peformance and Full Scale IQ using the ethnic…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Associative Learning, Black Achievement, Cognitive Ability
