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Willhelm, Sidney M. – 1975
A brief historical resume outlining the relationship between economics, racism, and intellectual justification for racism begins this paper, which notes that the I.Q. argument is a racist ideology in exactly the same way that Christianity, Darwinism, and Equality have been systems of justifications for America's racism. It fits the definition of…
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Blacks, Cultural Differences, Economic Factors
Schaie, K. Warner; Zelinski, Elizabeth M. – 1975
The selected bibliography contains about 400 references taken from a keysort file of more than 45,000 references, compiled from commercially available data bases and published sources, relevant to gerontology. Those of questionable accuracy were checked or deleted during the verification process. Most references are in English and were selected…
Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Bibliographies, Cognitive Ability
Download full textDiller, Leonard; And Others – 1969
To measure school achievements in spina bifida children, to relate these measures to certain variables, to obtain information on educational problems, and to study facets of cognition and its changes with age, 77 spina bifida children and 53 amputees (all aged 5 to 15) were tested. Sixty non-disabled children were at times used for controls. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Amputations, Arithmetic, Exceptional Child Research
Dockrell, W. B., Ed. – 1970
Contents of this symposium comprises: Introduction (W. B. Dockrell); The Genetics of Intelligence (Sir C. Burt); Structuring Mental Acts (P. R. Merrifield); A "Piagetian" Test of Cognitive Development (R. D. Tuddenham); The British Intelligence Scale (R. W. Warburton); Intelligence (P. E. Vernon); Hierarchical Theories of Mental Ability…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Genetics, Intellectual Development
Brace, C. Loring, Ed.; And Others – 1971
Contents of this book include: an introductory preface by C. Loring Brace; "Introduction to Jensenism," C. Loring Brace; "Can we and should we study race differences?" Arthur R. Jensen; "Intelligence in Black and White," Alexander Alland, Jr.; "Whose is the failure?" Vera John; "The influence of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Genetics, Heredity
Kingma, Johannes, Ed.; Tomic, Welko, Ed. – 1997
This book contains papers that discuss the "g factor" (general intellectual capacity) in discerning intelligence and how to influence the development of intelligence. The g factor relates to the theory that individuals who do well on one mental ability test tend to do well on other mental ability tests due to an innate ability. Chapters…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Blacks, Cognitive Ability, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedSue, Stanley; Okazaki, Sumie – American Psychologist, 1990
Investigates factors, including heredity and culture, contributing to exceptional Asian American academic achievement. Proposes the concept of relative functionalism, under which Asian Americans perceive and have experienced restrictions in upward mobility in occupations unrelated to education. Consequently, educational achievement assumes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedMorris, Terry W.; Levinson, Edward M. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1995
Reviews 50 years of research investigating the relationship between intelligence and various aspects of occupational and vocational adjustment as they relate to both exceptional and nonexceptional individuals. Trends in this research are identified and summarized, and implications for counselors involved in vocational programming are discussed.…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselors, Disabilities, Intelligence
Peer reviewedPhelps, LeAdelle – Psychology in the Schools, 1996
Assesses the relationship of Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning scores to Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children II and Woodcock-Johnson-Revised results in three groups: (1) learning disabled children with reading difficulties; (2) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children; and (3) nonhandicapped referred children. Total sample…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Children, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education
Dowell, David A. – 1977
This paper examines the question of the hereditary nature of intelligence and the validity of some of the statistical procedures which have been used in measuring the degree of hereditability. The author feels that proof of the question lacks sufficient scientific rigor for the support of any conclusion, particulary for a question of such…
Descriptors: Heredity, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests
GRUBER, J.J.; ISMAIL, A.H. – 1967
THE RELATIONSHIP OF MOVEMENT RESPONSES TO LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT WERE INVESTIGATED (1) TO IDENTIFY FACTORS CLAIMED TO MEASURE MOTOR APTITUDE AND INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN PRE-ADOLESCENTS, (2) TO DEVELOP MOTOR APTITUDE TEST BATTERIES FOR PREDICTING INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT, (3) TO STUDY RELATIONSHIPS OF COORDINATION AND BALANCE TEST ITEMS IN…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Child Development, Exceptional Child Research
Seitz, Sue; And Others – 1968
Twenty high mental age (MA) subjects and 33 low MA subjects who had been in a free word association test 30 months previously were retested with the Moran 80-Word List. At the time of the previous testing, subjects in the high group had a mean chronological age (CA) of 17.1 and mean MA of 11.5; subjects in the low group had a mean CA of 15.3 and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Association Measures, Child Development
Jacobs, Robert E. – 1974
This paper examines the concept of equal educational opportunity (EEO) in some detail, addressing the following questions, both generally and with special reference to Alaska: Is the EEO concept valid? If so, is there sufficient basis for government intervention? If so, what types of interventions are most/least likely to be successful? What types…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment, Educational Needs
Rosenfield, Geraldine; Yagerman, Howard – 1973
The thesis that intelligence is based on heredity was dramatically revived in 1969 by an article in the "Harvard Educational Review" by Arthur Jensen, a psychologist at the University of California at Berkeley. The article, which received wide attention, was sharply criticized by those who hold that it is environment rather than genes which puts…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Policy, Educationally Disadvantaged
Jensen, Arthur R. – 1972
In this address, Jensen discusses his views on the effects of heredity and environment on human intelligence, in an attempt to clarify his original statements on this subject. Since his article appeared in the "Harvard Educational Review" in 1969, the term "Jensenism" has accrued a variety of meanings through popular usage (according to Jensen)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Culture Fair Tests, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
