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Jensen, Arthur R. – Diagnostique, 1991
This paper summarizes empirical findings of research on a theory of general mental ability, based on laboratory studies of the relationship between measurements of individual differences on conventional psychometric tests and in speed and efficiency of information processes. The paper covers characteristics of "g" (general mental ability),…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Individual Differences
Humphreys, Lloyd G. – Proceedings of the National Academy of Education, 1981
This document is a book review of "Bias in Mental Testing" by Arthur R. Jensen. Jensen discusses intelligence as a phenotypic construct. The problem of ethnic differences in phenotypic intelligence is emotionally charged, which makes rational consideration of the issues difficult. The reviewer disagrees with the author's predisposition…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Ethnic Bias, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences
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Braden, Jeffery P. – School Psychology Review, 1995
School psychologists, considered experts on intelligence and assessment, have an ethical obligation to read and understand "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in America." Many would rather avoid than confront issues presented. Discusses four questions to consider before dismissing the book: "How helpful is it?"; "Could the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences
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Elkind, David – Intelligence, 1981
The question of how to integrate developmental (Piagetian) and psychometric conceptions and assessments of intelligence is considered. A solution which incorporates the contributions of each position--intelligence as forms and as traits--is offered. Premises and objectives of each tradition are reviewed and compared. Overlaps make synthesis…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Developmental Stages, Developmental Tasks, Intellectual Development
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Spitz, Herman H. – Intelligence, 1981
Persons representing the extremes of intelligence cannot be included in the same study unless they are approximately equated on mental age, in which case the relative performances of the extreme groups can provide useful information about the nature of intelligence. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests
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Kamin, Leon J. – Psychological Bulletin, 1980
This article reviews sex studies of children of cousin marriages and three studies of children of incestuous matings. It is argued that these studies, taken as a whole, provide no substantial evidence for an inbreeding depression effect within the polygenic system commonly asserted to determine IQ. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Genetics, Heredity, Intelligence
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Ritchhart, Ron – Roeper Review, 2001
This article explores what the concept of intellectual character offers that traditional views of intelligence based on abilities do not. The origins of the concept of thinking dispositions are traced and various views regarding the dispositions that might comprise and define one's intellectual character are investigated. Educational implications…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Style, Curiosity, Elementary Secondary Education
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Neisser, Ulric; And Others – American Psychologist, 1996
As a response to recent public debate about the nature of intelligence, this article reviews the "state of the art" in the study of intelligence, exploring significant conceptualizations of intelligence, the use and interpretation of intelligence tests, racial or ethnic differences in intelligence, and major issues yet to be resolved.…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests
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Proefriedt, William – Educational Theory, 1983
Seeing intelligence as neither strongly hereditary nor necessarily stable over time, and accepting the notion that it is a significant determinant of future occupational status, liberal psychologists and educators rely on the intervention of social institutions, primarily the school. The liberal view toward testing and intelligence is discussed.…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Educational Testing, Intellectual Development, Intelligence
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Wolff, JosePh L. – Intelligence, 1979
Explanations of differences in IQs of Northern and Southern Blacks focus on selective migration (hereditarians) or environmental causes such as education, discrimination and cultural deprivation. In this paper the environmentalist position is questioned and certain neglected features of Lee's data are construed as providing strong evidence for…
Descriptors: Blacks, Differences, Environmental Influences, Genetics
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Keil, Frank C. – Intelligence, 1982
An approach to intelligence which emphasizes domain-specific constraints on knowledge structures is compared to information processing approaches. The evaluation of any cognitive ability as being intelligent crucially depends on prior specification of the formal constraints on the domains of knowledge from which that ability originates. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
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Carroll, John B. – Intelligence, 1997
R. Herrnstein and C. Murray, in "The Bell Curve," stated six propositions concerning a "g" factor of intelligence. These propositions are found to be reasonably well supported in the scientific literature. These conclusions can be reached whether or not one accepts Herrnstein and Murray's claims about the social significance of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Genetics, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences
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Connors, John B. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1995
Reviews controversies over intelligence and intelligence testing, focusing on impacts on Canadian society in the past century. Discusses eugenics movements and related immigration policies. Suggests that both "tails" of "The Bell Curve" (cognitive elite and underclass) are influenced by inaccurate methods, and that the middle…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Immigrants, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences
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Edelman, Steve – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1996
The third edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) is reviewed. A comparison of the WISC-III with the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) is included. Discusses shortcomings of the WISC-III while noting that overall, there are substantial improvements in the WISC-III over the WISC-R. (KW)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Children, Comparative Analysis
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Whitely, Susan E. – Intelligence, 1980
This article examines the potential contribution of latent trait models to the study of intelligence. Nontechnical introductions to both unidimensional and multidimensional latent trait models are given. Multidimensional latent trait models can be used to test alternative multiple component theories of test item processing. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Intelligence
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