The reliability and predictive validity of the WPPSI was investigated with a sample of lower SES Mexican-American children. The results revealed that the WPPSI has high reliability, as determined by internal consistency procedures, but validity coefficients were not significant. The WPPSI may be inappropriate for special program placement purposes…

A samples of 347 secondary school students were administered Holland's Vocational Preference Inventory. They were divided into high and low mental ability groups, and correlations were computed between the VPI scores of subjects within each of the IQ ranges. The results suggest that the VPI's usefulness may be limited to secondary school students…

The impact of sociocultural change upon age differences in adult cognitive behavior was studied. Results indicated stability of cognitive functioning throughout most of adulthood. Decrements found in other studies may be attributed to cultural change factors. (ST)

Results of this study showed that, while a teacher's trust is correlated to classroom achievement, children's trust of their teachers is not correlated to the child's intelligence. (KM)

A report deals with a methodological problem concerning the time allotted for completion of the Twenty-statements Test, the number of responses given by respondents, and the intelligence of respondents. (Author/KM)

Explores the issues involved in the relation of genetics to intelligence to social-class position, the credentials society, preferential hiring, and the influence of these relationships on social policy. (DM)

Construct validity in intelligence test construction can be attained by the use of Piaget-type tasks, which involve the basic categories of intellectual functioning''; examples are given. (Author/SP)

Results of the study indicate that the Jewish and the white Anglo Saxon Protestant groups, which are over-represented in the upper levels of the Canadian occupational hierarchy, are characterized by a combination of above average achievement orientation and intelligence test scores. (Author)

The data from this study indicate that the best predictor of reading improvement is IQ and that the only significant aspect of IQ in this respect is verbal IQ. The high correlation between percent below reading level and both age at referral and IQ suggests that percent below reading level is a predictor of secondary importance to these other…

The findings of this investigation show that the SIT and WISC are measuring the same things to a statistically significant degree. (Author)

Well-known artists and writers comment on the meaning of intelligence and creativity in human development. (DS)

The present findings suggest that never" as a response and very often" as a response are mediated by different underlying processes, at least between the ages of 8 and 17. (Author/WY)

Neither black nor white intellectual performance was affected by the race of the tester. However, regardless of the race of the subjects, when tested by an E of the same race, students demonstrated more negative attitudes both towards blacks and other people in less powerful roles. (Author)