Deconstructs mainstream twin studies to show the relationship between twins research and race, gender, and class issues related to intelligence and IQ measures. The paper notes that genetic determinism drawn from twin studies based on the assumption that genetics predominates the environment in the transmission of human intelligence is…

Asserts that in teaching about theoretical concepts in psychology, people often fail to consider the sociohistorical background in which those concepts were developed. Proposes a three-part model to be utilized as a tool of race, gender, class, and culture analysis, suggesting that it be used in psychology and other academic disciplines to…

Investigated the connection between emotion and behavior, examining the connection between the construct of emotional intelligence and criminal behavior. Data collected from a group of men and women on probation from prison indicated that people received different socialization with regard to emotions based on gender and race. Results suggest that…

Investigated specific problem caused by traditional method of teaching students to administer Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised. Analysis of 180 protocols by 26 graduate students revealed average of 8.8 mistakes per protocol. When errors were corrected, 81 percent of Full Scale intelligence quotients were changed. Students' performance…

The relationship between psychometric intelligence and 2 selective reaction time (RT) tasks was determined for 81 university students (27 males and 54 females). Results generally support the paradigm of W. E. Hick (1952). Some surprising findings are discussed with respect to the specific demands of selective RT tasks. (SLD)

Explored construct validity of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) for at-risk preschool children (N=122). Concluded that distinct constructs of simultaneous and sequential processing could not be verified using this test alone, although further analyses supported the K-ABC subscales as strong measures of g, general factors of…

This study examined cognitive correlates of social perception in 32 learning-disabled elementary students. Three subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and the Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity were used as measures. Subtests for Picture Arrangement and Comprehension seemed to have an inherent relation to social perceptual…

Attempted to develop a quantitative model using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) that could be used to predict those students most likely to be successful in gifted education programs. Study used two phases using two groups of elementary school students (N=161). Used subtests to predict program performance of gifted…

Making a machine seem intelligent is not easy. As a consequence, demand has been rising for computer professionals skilled in artificial intelligence and is likely to continue to go up. These workers develop expert systems and solve the mysteries of machine vision, natural language processing, and neural networks. (Editor)

Analyzed the factor structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), and the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT) in a psychiatric sample of 329 children from 6 to 16 years old. Found 4 factors: Verbal Comprehension, Verbal Achievement, Perceptual Organization, and Number…

Provides background on the problems of traditional text retrieval systems and describes STATUS/IQ, an advanced text retrieval system that incorporates a natural language front-end and an advanced relevance ranking facility. The principles, capabilities, and benefits of the system are discussed, and an example of a STATUS/IQ session is presented…

Examined intelligence quotients (IQs) for children grouped by risk status at age 5 years and delinquency outcome at ages 13 and 15 years. Findings revealed that male and female delinquents showed significantly lower IQ scores than did nondelinquents. Varying subject selection procedures suggest that very high IQ may help boys to stay free of…

Two experiments with second graders, sixth graders, college students, and mildly retarded persons showed that children and mildly retarded persons process spatial location information as well as do college students. Some, but not all, of the more severely retarded persons had deficits in processing memory for location. (Author/DB)

Responds to Levenstein's criticism of Scarr and McCartney's independent evaluation of Levenstein's Mother-Child Home Program. It is claimed that experimental evaluations of intervention programs are often more critical than nonexperimental ones. (RJC)

Summed scores of 2 subscales each of the Verbal and Performance scales of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) were cross-validated with full scale scores of 96 Hispanic students in a program for the accelerated and gifted. Results indicate the subtests as potentially useful tools for screening Hispanic students. (Author/PB)