Massive Gains in IQ Do Not Appear to Extend to the Elderly: A Note on Adult Australian Inpatient Performance on Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (1938) and the Simpson Adult Vocabulary Scale.

Ivison, David

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ERIC Number: EJ432040

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Publication Date: 1990

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Massive Gains in IQ Do Not Appear to Extend to the Elderly: A Note on Adult Australian Inpatient Performance on Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (1938) and the Simpson Adult Vocabulary Scale.

Ivison, David

Psychological Test Bulletin, v3 n2 p82-85 Nov 1990

Raven's Progressive Matrices and the Simpson Adult Vocabulary Scale were administered to 400 Australian hospitalized adults without psychiatric or neurological impairment in 4 age groups from 30 to 69 years. Compared to pre-1964 data, the subjects did not show gains in intelligence quotient as did younger age groups. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adults (30 to 45), Age Groups, Comparative Testing, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Middle Aged Adults, Patients, Test Results, Trend Analysis, Vocabulary Skills, Young Old Adults

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Raven Progressive Matrices

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