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Intergenerational Class Mobility in Britain: A Comparative Look across Three Generations in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
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Wendy Johnson; Caroline E. Brett; Ian J. Deary – Intelligence, 2010
The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 sample is in a uniquely good position to provide relevant data on social class mobility patterns over most of the last century. These participants, with known ultimate social class attainment, took a validated mental test in the Scottish Mental Survey of 1947 and were followed up at approximately age 70. Then, besides…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Social Class, Structural Equation Models, Psychological Testing
The First Factor Extracted Is an Unreliable Estimate of Spearman's "g": The Case of Discrimination Reaction Time. Reply and Rejoinder included.
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Humphreys, Lloyd G.; Eysenck, Hans J. – Intelligence, 1989
Three papers--comments, a reply to comments, and a rejoinder--discussing a conclusion about the nature of general intelligence based on the size loadings of a psychomotor test of discrimination reaction time are presented. The use of Spearman's "g" is the center of the controversy. (TJH)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Estimation (Mathematics), Factor Analysis, Intelligence
Death, Taxes, and Bad Intelligence Tests.
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Sternberg, Robert J. – Intelligence, 1991
Bad intelligence tests seem as inevitable as death and taxes. However, new theories of intelligence are resulting in some promising developments. Thirteen approaches to the measurement of intelligence are described, divided into the following categories: classical psychometric; developmental; culture-sensitive; cognitive; biological; and systems.…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Cultural Awareness