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Factor Analysis of the Revised Wechsler Memory Scale Tests in a Neuropsychological Battery.
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Russell, Elbert W. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
The Revised Wechsler Memory Scale, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale subtests, and Halstead-Reitan battery were factor analyzed. Five types of memory were isolated: immediate verbal, recent verbal, recent figural, figural learning, and verbal learning storage. Loadings of memory and nonmemory tests indicate a closer relationship between some of…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Factor Analysis
Wisdom as a Form of Giftedness.
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Sternberg, Robert J. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2000
This article discusses how giftedness is currently defined and presents an alternative view based on a balance theory of wisdom. The theory is described as a useful way of conceptualizing wisdom. Sources of differences in wisdom and the need for development of wisdom as a form of giftedness are addressed. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adults, Classification, Cognitive Ability
Patterns of Giftedness: A Triarchic Analysis.
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Sternberg, Robert J. – Roeper Review, 2000
This article presents an analysis of patterns of giftedness based on the triarchic theory of intelligence. The analysis distinguishes among seven different patterns of giftedness and includes: the Analyzer, the Creator, the Practitioner, the Analytical Creator, the Analytical Practitioners, the Creative Practitioner, and the Consummate Balancer.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adults, Children, Classification
Family History of Cognitive Disabilities in First-Degree Relatives of Autistic and Mentally Retarded Children.
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Boutin, Pierrette; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1997
A Canadian study compared the rate of cognitive disabilities in 156 relatives of 49 individuals with autism to that found in 55 relatives of 18 individuals with mental retardation. No differences were found; however, female and low IQ individuals were found to have higher family histories of cognitive disabilities. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Cognitive Ability, Family Characteristics
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
LEARNING IN ADULTHOOD, THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE.
BAYLEY, NANCY – 1966
IN THE LONGITUDINAL BERKELEY GROWTH STUDY, SUBJECTS WERE TESTED AT 16, 18, 21, AND 26 YEARS ON THE WECHSLER-BELLEVUE, AND AT 36 YEARS ON THE WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE, WHICH CONTAIN BOTH VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL SUBSCALES. THE MOST CONSISTENT INCREASES IN MEAN SCORES OVER THE PERIOD WERE IN INFORMATION, VOCABULARY, AND COMPREHENSION. DIGIT…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adult Learning, Adults, Age Differences
Intelligence and Personal Influence in Groups: Four Nonlinear Models.
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Simonton, Dean Keith – Psychological Review, 1985
Four models are developed to provide a conceptual basis for a curvilinear relation between intelligence and an individual's influence over group members. The models deal with influence and percentile placement in intelligence, comprehension by potential followers, vulnerability to rival intellects, and correlation between mean group IQ and the…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Comprehension, Creativity