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Hendon, Donald W.; And Others – 1973
To learn if differences in age, intelligence, and sex account for differences in children's recall of TV commercials and in the degree of insistence with which they request that the advertised product be purchased, 54 gifted, 71 normal, and 53 educable mentally retarded children of both sexes were questioned after viewing commercials for breakfast…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Childrens Television, Exceptional Persons
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Edinger, Jack D.; Norwood, Peggy E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
Investigated the efficacy of various WAIS short forms among outpatients. Results favor Pauker's (1963) short form but also show a decrease in correspondence between short-form and Full Scale scores when the short forms are administered separately. (Author/EJT)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests
Gallagher, Joseph W. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences, Learning Processes
MacMillan Donald L. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences
Tobias, Jack – Rehabil Lit, 1969
Part of a larger study on The Employment Status of Mentally Retarded Adults in New York City prepared for the Manpower Administration, U. S. Department of Labor.
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cultural Influences, Exceptional Child Services, Intelligence Differences
Higgins, Thomas J.; And Others – 1979
The perceptions of parents of 113 developmentally delayed preschool children were compared with mental ages derived from the Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale and the Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale. With the parents as informants, an Alpern-Boll Developmental Profile was completed. Findings demonstrated a high degree of correlation between the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research
WACHS, THEODORE D.; AND OTHERS – 1967
DO CHILDREN RAISED IN ENVIRONMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH LATER DEFICITS IN PSYCHOMETRIC INTELLIGENCE SHOW ANY DEFICITS DURING INFANCY AND, IF SO, WHEN DO SUCH DEFICITS APPEAR AND WHAT ABILITIES ARE AFFECTED. ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE. FIFTY-ONE SLUM INFANTS AND A CONTROL GROUP OF 51 NON-SLUM INFANTS…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Singer, Jerome L.; Singer, Dorothy G. – 1979
As part of a larger 1-year examination of the relationship between television viewing patterns and spontaneous play in nursery school, this study focuses on (1) the correlation between children's television viewing patterns in the home and their level of aggression in nursery school, and (2) specific factors within family settings that might…
Descriptors: Aggression, Discipline, Family Characteristics, Family Environment
Braggett, E. J. – 1975
This study attempted to determine whether attendance at a traditional preschool resulted in significant cognitive gains for young children over a 3-year period. The experimental group consisted of 59 children at four preschools. Each was matched with a nonattender on such variables as age, sex, intelligence, and family characteristics. The mean…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Early Childhood Education
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Hendon, Donald W.; And Others – 1974
To learn if differences in age, intelligence, and sex account for differences in children's memory of TV commercials and "degree of insistence" (DI) after viewing them, 54 gifted, 71 normal, and 53 educable mentally retarded children (of both sexes, 7-13 years) were questioned. The mediating influence of the three independent variables on DI was…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Gifted, Handicapped Children
Boswell, James D. – 1969
The interrelations between mental age (MA), IQ, and mediation were studied in 72 retardates in special classes. Subjects were selected to fall into sexually balanced groups of six in 12 MA-IQ categories (IQ 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, and 80-89; MA 4-0 to 5-11, 6-0 to 7-11, and 8-0 to 9-11). The apparatus alternately displayed two pairs of stimuli, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences
Schwartz, Mildred A. – 1967
This opinion survey of white attitudes toward blacks spans the years 1940-1967 and focuses on the following areas: education, open housing, job discrimination, public transportation, and general assessment of the racial situation. Charts and tables are included. (KG)
Descriptors: Blacks, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Housing Discrimination, Intelligence Differences
Campbell, Patricia B. – 1974
The purpose of this study was to investigate further the relationship between sex and a decline of intellectual abilities during adolescence and to examine some personality differences between young women who declined in intellectual abilities during adolescence and those who did not. Differences examined were: need to be included, need to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Females, Intellectual Development
Leiss, Robert H., Comp.; Proger, Barton B., Comp. – 1974
During the 1973-74 school year, 230 trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children (ages 7 to 14 years) were exposed to one of two language training conditions: Distar or Peabody. A population of 116 continuees from the first year of the project and 114 new entries were assigned in as random a fashion as possible to either Distar or Peabody. Ss were…
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences, Language Instruction
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Hirrel, Michael A. – 1971
A seventh-grade class took tests in block design problems to determine the importance of three techniques of programed instruction. The techniques under consideration were sequencing, cueing, and individual response. The research design looked at the performance of three ability levels (high, medium, and low) divided by sex over five program…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cues, Grade 7, Intelligence Differences
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