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Templer, Donald I.; Arikawa, Hiroko – Intelligence, 2006
The impetus for our study was the contention of both Lynn [Lynn, R. (1991) "Race differences in intelligence: A global perspective." "Mankind Quarterly," 31, 255-296] and Rushton [Rushton, J. P. (1995). "Race, evolution and behavior: A life history perspective." New Brunswick, NJ: "Transaction"; Rushton, J.…
Descriptors: Intelligence Quotient, Racial Differences, Correlation, Climate
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Simpson, Robert G.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between auditory discrimination, as measured by the Wepman Auditory Discrimination Test, and reading achievement, as measured by the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests. After controlling for intelligence, there was little more than a random relationship between auditory discrimination and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Auditory Discrimination, Correlation
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Borkowski, John G.; Krause, Audrey – Intelligence, 1983
The hypothesis that racial differences in IQ stem from differences in components of executive systems including knowledge base, control processes, and metacognition was investigated. Group differences in metamemory, strategy use, and general knowledge, but not perceptual efficiency, were observed. Metamemory predicted crystallized but not fluid…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Correlation, Intelligence Differences
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Strauch, A. Barry – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
Three data sources, analyzed presently, failed to reveal a Sex by Race or Sex by Socioeconomic Status interaction. It was suggested that Sex by Race differences in income, education, and so on could be the result of racially related sex role expectations or cultural prejudice. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Reynolds, Cecil R.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1981
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) and McCarthy Scales subtests were ranked according to relative reliance on left-cerebral-hemisphere function. Results suggest that black-white IQ discrepancies may be partially explained by differences in hemisphericity. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cerebral Dominance, Correlation, Early Childhood Education
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Jensen, Arthur R. – Intelligence, 1985
Borkowski and Krause (1983) concluded that the locus of black-white intelligence differences lies in metaprocesses not elementary cognitive processes. However, some variables were difference scores with unacceptably low reliability. Magnitude comparisons of racial differences give a different picture of results; comparable differences in measures…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Correlation
Harris, Dale B.; Pinder, Glenn D. – 1977
The results of a modified version of the Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test are presented in relation to selected demographic and socioeconomic factors as they affect youths aged 12-17 years in the noninstitutionalized population of the United States. Findings are based on data gathered on a sample of 6,768 adolescents who participated in the Health…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Age Differences, Correlation