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Availability and Accessibility of Information in the Semantic Memory of Retarded and Nonretarded Adolescents
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Glidden, Laraine Masters; Mar, Harvey H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
Two experiments were concerned with exploring the relative accessibility and availability of category information in retarded adolescents in comparison with CA equivalent nonretarded subjects. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Cues
WISC-R Subtest Patterning of Below Average, Average, and Above Average IQ Children: A Meta-Analysis.
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Mueller, Horst H.; And Others – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Reports a study using meta-analytical procedures to compare WISC-R subtest performance patterns of 29 samples of retarded, average, and above average intelligence children. Shows how the study results in distinct WISC-R profiles for each group and demonstrates how the subtest performance patterns are strongly related to overall intellectual level.…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences
Sexual Attitudes and Knowledge of High-Functioning Adolescents and Adults with Autism.
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Ousley, Opal Y.; Mesibov, Gary B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1991
Interviews with 21 high-functioning adults with autism and 20 mildly to moderately mentally retarded adults without autism indicated that the mentally retarded group had more sexual experiences, with no intergroup differences in sexual knowledge or interest. Intelligence quotient was positively correlated with knowledge scores and males had…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Autism, Comparative Analysis
Intellectual, Behavioral, and Physical Characteristics Associated with Trisomy, Translocation, and Mosaic Types of Down's Syndrome
Johnson, Ronald C.; Abelson, Robert B. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome, Etiology
Structural Similarity of the Motor Domain of Normal and Educable Retarded Boys
Dobbins, D. Alan; Rarick, G. Lawrence – Research Quarterly, 1975
The results of this study indicate that the basic components which underlie a major portion of the motor domain of intellectually normal and educable retarded boys are tangibly coincident. (RC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children, Intelligence Differences
Negative Transfer as a Function of IQ and Mode of Presentation in Paired-Associate Learning
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Kirk, Winifred J.; Johnson, John T., Jr. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Results were interpreted as supporting an inhibition deficit theory of mental retardation. (Authors)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Error Patterns, Handicapped Children
Recognition of Facial Expressions of Emotion by Persons with Mental Retardation.
McAlpine, Christopher; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1991
This study of 501 children and adults found that subjects with mental retardation or borderline intelligence were less proficient at identifying facial expressions of emotion than were children of average intelligence. Among individuals with mental retardation or borderline intelligence, recognition increased with intelligence quotient. Among…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Children