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Direct linkScott, Kirsten M.; de Wit, Isabella; Deary, Ian J. – Intelligence, 2006
We aimed to design alternative estimates of pre-morbid/prior intelligence to the National Adult Reading Test (NART) and the Spot-the-Word (STW) in order to tap non-vocabulary based knowledge stores. The rationale for the development of the new tests was that more cognitively able individuals acquire and retain more "singular facts" from their…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Articulation (Speech), Adults, Socioeconomic Background
Peer reviewedDeFries, J. C.; And Others – Intelligence, 1981
Results from the Colorado Adoption Project, a longitudinal study initiated in 1975, are reported. The cognitive ability of parents and measures of one-year olds' mental development were significantly correlated for all three parent/child comparisons. Caldwell's HOME Responsibility measure was correlated with infant intelligence in adoptive and…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adults, Cognitive Measurement, Correlation
Peer reviewedWilliams, Wendy M.; Sternberg, Robert J. – Intelligence, 1988
Relationships between cognitive and social-cognitive characteristics of group members and group performance were assessed, using 96 adults. A method for conceptualizing and modeling group performance is presented. People working in newly formed small groups on written problems emphasizing divergent/creative solutions generally produce…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Group Behavior
