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Download full textKilian, Lawrence J. – 1978
In this study, cognitive processes hypothesized to be relevant to the digit symbol task of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) were examined. Fifty-two undergraduate education students were divided into four groups to receive four different treatments. All the students took the digit symbol test, followed immediately by a test of their…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Intelligence
Peer reviewedRoyer, Fred L. – Intelligence, 1978
Three forms of a symbol-digit substitution task were administered to 62 female and 96 male college students. Results support the theory that the superior performance of women over men on the Digit-Symbol Substituion subtest of the Wechsler scales is due to their greater ability to encode symbols verbally. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Intelligence, Learning Processes
