Research was performed to determine whether: (1) highly creative subjects would obtain higher scores on tests of crativity in an enriched environment, (2) subjects who are poor in creativity will not obtain higher scores because of low perceptual curiosity, and (3) high- and low-intelligence subjects would score equally well on creativity. The…

This study attempts to assess the effects of high school consolidation on the achievement, aspirations, and adjustment of students by following one cohort through a newly-consolidated school in a southern Appalachian county beginning in 1968. The study compares the consolidated students with students in a nearby nonconsolidated school during the…

The purpose of this study was to relate Piaget-type tests to Stanford-Binet Mental Age and IQ, to IQ on the California Test of Mental Maturity, and to performance on the Metropolitan Achievement Test. Subjects were 143 children of bright, average, and retarded psychometric abilities; bright and average children were chronologically aged five to…

The purpose of this research was to investigate the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) subtest scores of information (IN), arithmetic (AR), digit span (DS), and coding (CO). The subjects were all of the students admitted to and remaining in the Seattle Public School District #1 Learning/Language Disability (LLD) Program since…

This Institute for Developmental Studies (IDS) program was established in 1958, and represented an attempt to study the inter-play of environment on psychological development, and to evolve and develop an enriched and stimulating school curriculum for socially disadvantaged children. Over the years, the IDS program has evolved into a comprehensive…

In order to investigate the use of strategies in a game-playing computer program, "Gammon," a computer program that plays Backgammon, was developed. It focuses on the play of a given strategy, as well as the process of strategy selection, and examines the concept of strategy as an integrating and driving force in the play of a game. A…

A series of experiments explored the feasibility of substituting listening for reading requirements in Army training and jobs, with special reference to marginally literate, AFQT Mental Category IV men. Results of these experiments and related earlier research are summarized. Major findings indicate that high and low aptitude men may learn certain…

The author describes her success in reporting the results of psychological evaluations directly to the parents and individuals involved, but notes that some of her colleagues fear that such a practice might lead to misuse and misinterpretation. Her survey of 137 school and clinical psychologists, with regard to their practice of reporting test…

In order to study the signal-sight reading learning and the factor structure of intellectual abilities at preliterate moderate and severe levels of mental retardation (IQ 25-55), a test battery of items covering six hypothetical factors was constructed and administered to 80 preliterate mentally retarded subjects. The four factors extracted…

The effects of learning potential and teacher expectancies on IQ, school achievement, and teacher ratings were studied in eight segregated special classes for the retarded. The 58 EMR subjects were divided into four groups in a two design. A strong learning potential effect and a weak teacher expectancy effect were found for the IQ variables. A…

A random sample of 225 grade one children were given the Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test (CCAT) on two occasions within seven months. During the second administration the WISC was also administered. KR-20 reliabilities of the CCAT for the two administrations were respectively .83 and .74. The test-retest reliability was .75. The correlation…

This thesis provides evidence for the existence of a creativity dimension containing figural and verbal subfactors which is independent of intelligence and marginally related to school achievement. The original data of Wallach and Kogan, as well as the data from the Ward, Cropley and Maslany and Wallach and Wing studies were reanalyzed using…

Of the many intellectual models available for conceptualizing the communication process, one of the most appropriate is cybernetics. The logical and empirical requirements of a cybernetic model of communication are presented. Based upon a review of relevant findings in the social science literature, these requirements are utilized to create a…

The effects of repeated I.Q. testing were investigated to ascertain the necessity of constructing and using alternate test forms. There were also attempts made to describe selected individual characteristics of subjects who improved the most over the repeated testing. One hundred and forty-five students were tested at one month intervals for three…

Although they have limited academic ability, mentally retarded children may be quite adept at social interaction or physical, artistic, or other tasks. Research was conducted to examine the creative, self-concept, and impulsive characteristics of MR pupils and to examine and compare, as to age and intellectual development, the performance of both…