The major research question addressed in this dissertation is: To what extent do past attainment models which have been primarily applied to white male samples predict the educational achievement of blacks and women? Data for this inquiry are based on a subsample of black and white males and females who participated in a National Longitudinal…

In recent years there has been increasing interest in the effects of bilingualism on cognitive growth and on the bilingual's attitude toward himself and his 2 language communities. One of the most widely quoted studies on bilingualism is that of Peal and Lambert (1962) who dealt with the relation between intelligence, attitude, and achievement in…

After reviewsing the literature relative to culture and cognition, an hypothetical model was developed to explain some aspects of concept learning and cognitive development. To test aspects of the model, 3 tests which had had prior use in cross-cultural studies and 5 original tests were administered individually to 34 Stoney Indian and 34…