Current estimates of the contribution of education to economic growth have been questioned because they ignore the interaction of education with ability. Whether the neglect of ability differences in the analyses of the income-education relationship results in estimates which are too high is considered in this paper, using a 1964 sample of U.S.…

This paper uses the eskimo as an illustration to argue that research based on a multi-ability model of intelligence such as the structure of intellect (Guilford, 1967) could identify cognitive strengths of culturally different groups and suggest occupational and educational areas where strengths could be used to advantage. (Author/SM)

Early readers came from higher socio-economic levels and smaller families, their mothers had more education, they spent more time in sedentary activities, and they received a variety of kinds of help. (Authors)

An intensive logical and empirical critique of Herrnstein's suggestion that a state of equal social, economic, and educational opportunities in a society would inevitably produce a meritocracy based on hereditary potential for intelligence. (JM)

The mental growth patterns of 204 children were investigated on four different test occasions covering a five-year period, ages six to 11. There is no evidence of intellectual differentiation after age six nor is there a systematic decline in size of WISC subtest intercorrelations with increasing age. (Authors)

By nonintellective" are meant factors which are present in a test situation and which influence the test scores obtained but are not obviously related to the skills or knowledge ostensibly being measured by the test. (Authors)

When differences in level of motivation were controlled, all of the previously found differences between firstborn and later born disappeared. (Authors)

Argues that education, and not mere training, is what must be emphasized to give the black man a sense of something inalienably possessed, to give him personal power, and to provide a measure of survival for him today. (JM)

EEG correlates of intellectual functioning in academically handicapped and talented adolescents were investigated. Data from Ertl's Brainwave Analyzer were factor analyzed and used to predict verbal, numerical, reasoning, and spatial abilities and reading and mathematics achievement. Correlational patterns differed by group. Implications for…

Describes the origin and development of the variability hypothesis as applied to the study of social and psychological sex differences. Explores changes in the hypothesis over time, social and scientific factors that fostered its acceptance, and possible parallels between the variability hypothesis and contemporary theories of sex differences.…