The relationship of Mexican-Americans' degree of acculturation to analytic cognitive style and verbal and nonverbal intelligence was investigated. Findings revealed that when Mexican-Americans become similar to Anglos in acculturation, there is no significant difference in intelligence scores. (KH)

Urban and rural Aboriginal- and Anglo-Australian children were tested for reading and math achievement, for nonverbal psychometric test intelligence, and for three cognitive styles. Psychometric intelligence was clearly a more powerful predictor of the effects of culture and location on school achievement than was cognitive style. (Author/CMG)