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Jacklin, Carol Nagy; Maccoby, Eleanor E. – 1972
The authors are emmersed in a comprehensive review of the literature on intellectual sex differences. This paper consists of the first progress report and the tentative hypotheses of the work completed so far. Discussion is initially concerned with verbal and spatial abilities. It is concluded that girls learn language earlier, and may continue to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Females, Individual Differences
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Trotman, Frances K. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
Trotman responds to two criticisms of her previous research (EJ 168 902) on racial differences in intelligence and achievement. She clarifies the conclusions criticized by Longstreth (TM 503 913) and criticizes the conclusions reached by Wolff (TM 503 914). (BH)
Descriptors: Bias, Intelligence Differences, Middle Class Parents, Nature Nurture Controversy
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Hoppe, Carl F.; Loevinger, Jane – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1977
Self and peer evaluations and experimental measures of conformity were given to 107 adolescent private school boys. Student discipline records also indicated the number of demerits. The self-report measures and the demerits showed maximum conformity between the self-protective and conscientious ego stages as measured by the Sentence Completion…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Conformity, Developmental Stages
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Nelson, W. M., III; And Others – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1978
This study used 126 young adult black and white male inmates to test the comparability of the Pauker and Statz and Mogul short forms with the standard Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). The Pauker form was superior with this population. Findings should not be generalized to other ages, races, or to women. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Males
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Barnes, Timothy – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
The discriminative learning and transfer of compound and component problems were assessed in retarded subjects at two levels of intelligence. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Handicapped Children, Intelligence Differences
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Lesser, Harvey; And Others – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1978
Compared the performance of 29 institutionalized cultural-familial mental retardates on Piagetian conservation tasks. Examined the effects of age, sex, and degree of retardation on conservation performance. (BD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Developmental Stages
Research Review of Equal Education, 1977
Racial and social class factors as a determinant of school achievement for minority group children are discussed with reference to the many empirical studies in this area. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Educational Environment, Intelligence
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Bradley, Robert H.; Caldwell, Bettye M. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Normal infants were administered the Bayley Scales of Infant Development at 6 months and the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale at 3 years. At 6 months the quality of stimulation found in the early environment was measured. Results indicate that home environment may contribute to instability of performance on infant tests. (GO)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Discipline, Environmental Influences
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Hilgert, Larry D.; Treloar, James H. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1985
Administered the Hooper Visual Organization Test (VOT) to 54 elementary students referred for psychometric evaluation. Results showed no significant relationship between sex and VOT scores, but age and IQ were significant correlates. (JAC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Intelligence Differences
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Dillard, Jerry W.; And Others – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1985
Evaluated demographic and developmental differences in case studies of disturbed children (N=58) who were treated with developmental therapy. Results indicated children differed in age, intelligence, and mother's employment status. Although all children progressed in behavior, communication, socialization, and academics, no difference was found in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Behavior Change, Children
Jensen, Arthur R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
Notes that preschool compensatory education has not resulted in any appreciable, durable gains in I.Q. or scholastic achievement. Posits that compensatory programs remedied deficiencies in knowledge but not in cognitive processes. Suggests further research into the nature of intelligence and its malleability. (PGD)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Processes, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education
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Borkowski, John G.; Krause, Audrey – Intelligence, 1983
The hypothesis that racial differences in IQ stem from differences in components of executive systems including knowledge base, control processes, and metacognition was investigated. Group differences in metamemory, strategy use, and general knowledge, but not perceptual efficiency, were observed. Metamemory predicted crystallized but not fluid…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Correlation, Intelligence Differences
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Minato, Saburoh; Yanase, Shyoichi – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1984
Investigated whether attitudes toward school mathematics on mathematical achievement differed between low and high intelligence eighth-grade students in three Japanese schools (N=808). Results indicate that the attitude of low intelligence students is more important and it affects more in magnitude than that of high intelligence students. (JN)
Descriptors: Grade 8, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Junior High Schools
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Hulme, Charles; Turnbull, Jennifer – British Journal of Psychology, 1983
Explores the generality of findings relating intelligence to Inspection Time (IT), the exposure necessary to judge which of two lines is longer, in two studies using normal children and mentally retarded adults. Results showed the relationship between IT and performance IQ was lower in the mentally retarded group. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Martin, Charles A. – Journal of Negro Education, 1973
Focuses on the strategy of using the science of genetics to pepetuate the racism of the dominant society, proposing that arguments presented by the "liberal" proponents of special programs in abandoning the goals of the 1960s were used to rationalize the reopening of the latent question of genetic black inferiority. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy, Environmental Influences, Genetics
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