Among a group of 103 children with a mean age of eight years, full-scale IQ correlation was significantly higher for monozygotic than dizygotic pairs. Monozygotic pairs also showed significantly greater concordance for subtest profile than dizygotic pairs. The usefulness of profile analysis is examined, and directions for future research are…

The triarchic theory of intellectual giftedness asserts that intelligence must be understood in terms of three aspects: the internal world of the individual, the external world of the individual, and the interface between these two as it unfolds through experience. The theory is explained through the profiles of three graduate students. (Author/CL)

The authors stress the variety of human abilities and the numerous ways in which those abilities can be expressed. They call for a consideration of a wide range of competencies in both definitions as well as tests of intelligence. They advocate developing new means of assessment to examine natural performances in specific domains. (Author/CL)

The article discusses the many positive aspects of using intelligence tests in gifted assessment, including the ability to accurately predict academic and everyday success, the outstanding psychometric properties of intelligence tests, and the utility of intelligence tests in identifying giftedness in handicapped children, underachievers, and…

Examines the relationship of intelligence to the internal and external world of the individual and to the experience of the individual. Also examines competing models and metaphors that have motivated questions about these relationships. Indicates that a theory that addressed all three areas simultaneously is the triarchic theory. (JN)

In a double-blind study, 24 Down syndrome children (6 to 17 years old) were given a megadose multivitamin/mineral supplement for four months. A matched group of 23 children received a placebo in identical form. No differences were found on any measures of IQ, vision, and visual-motor integration. (Author/CL)

Investigated whether high IQ subjects (N=18) could successfully fake good scores on the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI). Results showed that both high and low IQ subjects who were instructed to fake a good score actually scored lower on the average than did their counterparts in the standard administration. (JAC)

The article examines the issue of giftedness and delinquency based on a research review and a two-year study of 268 delinquents in a suburban court system. Two juxtaposed theories evolve from this review about the likelihood of gifted youth to engage in inappropriate behavior and become delinquent. (Author)

Used the demographic variables of age, race, sex, education, occupation, region of residence, urban versus rural residence, and handedness in the prediction of premorbid IQs for the 1981 revised Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (N=1,880). Results indicated that the regression equations aid in accurate estimation of premorbid IQ. (LLL)

Thirty-eight children hospitalized because of physical abuse were compared with a control group. Abuse Ss had significantly lower mean scores than the comparison children on the verbal, performance and full scale scores of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence. (Author/CL)

Implications for gifted education of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) are discussed. The rationale for using the K-ABC with this population is explained; special administrative features are noted; results of research with the gifted are cited; and practical implications (including its use with gifted minority students) are…

Performance and full scale scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised correlated significantly for 80 gifted students (grades 4-7) with scores on three subtests of the Lifetime Health Related Physical Fitness Test of the American Association on Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. (CL)

Investigated practices in diagnosing mental retardation within vocational rehabilitation. Reviewed files of 113 rehabilitation clients to determine which intelligence scales were used to diagnose clients. The results suggested that many considered retarded according to vocational rehabilitation might not be considered retarded according to other…

Investigated racial differences in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory by comparing samples of Black and White men charged with murder (N=160). Results indicated Black murderers tend to deny symptoms of pathology and are more socially outgoing. The confounding effects of intelligence suggested separate Black and White norms are…

IQ is not found to be an important variable in explaining delinquent behavior among juveniles. In contrast, structural variables, e.g., access to desirable social roles, positive labeling of the school, are well supported as influences on delinquency. (RM)