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Jensen, Arthur R. – 1981
The specificity doctrine, holds that psychometric tests measure nothing other than the specific bits of knowledge and learned skills reflected in the item content of the tests. This prevailing doctrine has influenced the interpretation of test scores and the conceptualization of test validity, as well as the practical use of tests in educational…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Correlation, Court Litigation, Intelligence Differences
Peer reviewedTucker, William H. – Journal of Educational Thought/Revue de la Pensee Educative, 1998
Presents social scientists' claim that IQ scores can determine a person's social, educational, and occupational future at an early age. Echoes the Platonic idea that each individual should be put to the use for which nature intended, and that IQ, which is thought to be hereditary, can effectively predict this use. (58 citations) (EMH)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Education, Heredity, Intelligence Differences
Peer reviewedGoldman, Jeri J. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1987
Scores on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) were compared with reevaluation scores obtained four years later on the WAIS-Revised for a group of 108 mildly and moderately retarded adults. The moderately retarded subgroups (N=22) demonstrated significantly higher WAIS-R intelligence quotients. Implications for use of the WAIS-R are…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Testing, Intelligence Differences
Download full textSitgreaves, Rosedith – 1969
This paper repudiates Jensen's hypothesis that differences in IQ scores and scholastic achievement in Negro and white children are genetically based. Specifically, Jensen's identification of IQ scores as a measure of abstract reasoning and problem solving and of levels of ability, and his evaluation of the magnitude of the genetic component in IQ…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Black Students, Environmental Influences
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1970
In these hearings, the following witnesses presented testimony: Dr. Henry E. Garrett, Chairman, Psychology Department (Emeritus), Columbia University; Dr. Arthur R. Jensen, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of California at Berkeley; Dr. Frank C. J. McGurk, Professor of Psychology, University of Montevallo; Dr. R. Travis Osborne,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Black Students
Shaughnessy, Michael F. – 1985
Recent theorists have begun to re-conceptualize the construct of "intelligence." This paper reviews recent theories of intelligence and indicates implications for practitioners, educators, and individuals. Theories and theorists discussed include the following: (1) Robert Sternberg has advanced the "triarchic theory" of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
