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Kinnie, Ernest J.; Sternlof, Richard E. – Child Development, 1971
By nonintellective" are meant factors which are present in a test situation and which influence the test scores obtained but are not obviously related to the skills or knowledge ostensibly being measured by the test. (Authors)
Descriptors: Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Language Role, Performance Factors
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Crowell, Judith A.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined discriminant validity of the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) vis-a-vis intelligence, social desirability, discourse style, and general social adjustment. Subjects were 53 native-English-speaking, married women with preschool children. Found modest but significant correlations between IQ scores and social adjustment. Found no relation…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Intelligence Quotient, Mothers, Social Adjustment
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Nicholls, John G. – Child Development, 1971
Game-like and test-like methods of divergent thinking assessment were compared with 10-year olds. Effects of method on score correlates were sufficient to allow the possibility that method may be implicated in outcomes of many studies of divergent thinking. (Author)
Descriptors: Correlation, Data Analysis, Divergent Thinking, Intelligence Tests
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Corrigan, Sheila A.; Moskowitz, Debbie S. – Child Development, 1983
Findings indicate Type A behavior was related in preschoolers to ratings of aggression and impatience, but not to intelligence. Reaction times of Type B children who worked without a time limit and an incentive were significantly longer than those of Type A children and those of Type B children who worked with a time limit and an incentive.…
Descriptors: Aggression, High Risk Students, Incentives, Intelligence
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Quay, Lorene C. – Child Development, 1972
Findings, confirming the results of an earlier study using a less deprived population, indicated that young black children do not benefit from having the Binet administered in Negro Dialect. (Author)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Comprehension, Disadvantaged Youth
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McGowan, Ronald J.; Johnson, Dale L. – Child Development, 1984
Tests causal models of verbal and performance IQ in 69 Mexican-American children of low socioeconomic status. Years of mother's education were correlated with IQ at 3 years and at 6 to 8 years, but traditional/nontraditional attitudes showed conflicting correlations over time. The adequacy of standarized IQ tests for this population is questioned.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Ethnic Groups