Examines the levels of occupational awareness of rural elementary school students and the influence local environment has on this awareness. Data from Muscoda, Wisconsin indicate that, as students increase in age and intelligence, they have more accurate knowledge of occupations. Local environment does influence youths' occupational aspirations.…

Results of a multivariate analysis of variance indicated that upper class children scored better than lower class children on creativity measures, but when IQ or achievement level was covaried, differences between SES groups were not significant. (Author)

The results showed that accuracy depended on both stimulus complexity, modality, and mental age, regardless of whether or not the Ss were retarded. The selection of haptic search styles also depended on these factors but, in addition, was influenced by the intellectual status of the children. (Author/DLS)

Analysis of performance data of American Indian children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) confirms prior results regarding the verbal and perceptual motor skills of that population. Because so many items did not contribute significantly to the total test variance, clinicians should interpret test results with caution.…

Examined the psychometric properties of the Peer Nomination Inventory of Depression (PNID). Reliability proved highly acceptable. Content validity was determined by experts' judgments. Subjects with high PNID scores exhibited depressed intellectual functioning, poor social behavior, and diminished ebullience. (Author)

Confirms the previous suggestion that I-level and Verbal IQ are significantly related--for males, but not for females. The effect among males disappeared when age was introduced as a variable. Two of the variables, age and Verbal IQ, unexpectedly related strongly. (Author)

Concludes that age-related declines in intelligence and spontaneous flexibility during adulthood cannot be explained by increased anxiety. Age is a significant predictor either alone or with anxiety level taken into account, but anxiety level and the age/anxiety interaction do not add significantly to the prediction. (Author)

Mental abilities can be analyzed at four levels: composite tasks, subtasks, components, and metacomponents. Each level of analysis reveals something about the structure and content of mental abilities responsible for intelligent performance. (Author/WI)

Findings from a study reported in this paper indicate that the differences in family background that affect IQ are largely the result of genetic differences among parents, which affect the parents' own status attainment and which are passed on genetically to their offspring, whose status attainments are subsequently affected. (Author/EB)

A study of two separate models which implicitly explain the underachievement of Maori pupils indicates that there is a generalized (or generalizing) factor affecting the performance of Maori children as a whole despite environmental differences. These environmental differences have a relatively strong effect on Pakeha children. (Author/EB)

Study involving 300 children investigated the validity of Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) for identifying learning disabled kindergarteners. Ss were given a battery of tests, including Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence. Results indicated that SIT greatly overestimates the IQ of kindergarten children with suspected learning…

Points out the methodological inadequacies and problematic interpretations of a negative assessment of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children that was performed by J. B. Hardy, D. W. Welcher, F. D. Mellits, and J. Kagan. (Author/RL)

The study examined mean IQ scores and mean scholastic achievement scores as measured by grade level equivalents in reading and presented correlations between IQ and achievement. The major finding was that IQ predicts achievement best for Anglos, fairly well for Blacks, but not at all for Chicanos. (Author/NQ)

Systematic analysis of perceptions of a specific institutional environment by students differentiated according to academic ability showed significant findings. Results indicate that even a single characteristic common to a group of individuals may have profound effects on both group and individual perceptions. Environmental designs must be…

In a study to determine whether the social competence of 647 institutionalized mentally retarded persons was related to participation in educational programs and in drug treatment programs, Ss were rated in terms of social maturity, IQ, and retardation classification. (CL)