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Spotting Books and Countries: New Approaches to Estimating and Conceptualizing Prior Intelligence
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Scott, Kirsten M.; de Wit, Isabella; Deary, Ian J. – Intelligence, 2006
We aimed to design alternative estimates of pre-morbid/prior intelligence to the National Adult Reading Test (NART) and the Spot-the-Word (STW) in order to tap non-vocabulary based knowledge stores. The rationale for the development of the new tests was that more cognitively able individuals acquire and retain more "singular facts" from their…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Articulation (Speech), Adults, Socioeconomic Background
Parent-Offspring Resemblance for Cognitive Abilities in the Colorado Adoption Project: Biological, Adoptive, and Control Parents and One-Year-Old Children.
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DeFries, J. C.; And Others – Intelligence, 1981
Results from the Colorado Adoption Project, a longitudinal study initiated in 1975, are reported. The cognitive ability of parents and measures of one-year olds' mental development were significantly correlated for all three parent/child comparisons. Caldwell's HOME Responsibility measure was correlated with infant intelligence in adoptive and…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adults, Cognitive Measurement, Correlation
Group Intelligence: Why Some Groups Are Better than Others.
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Williams, Wendy M.; Sternberg, Robert J. – Intelligence, 1988
Relationships between cognitive and social-cognitive characteristics of group members and group performance were assessed, using 96 adults. A method for conceptualizing and modeling group performance is presented. People working in newly formed small groups on written problems emphasizing divergent/creative solutions generally produce…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Group Behavior