Author was concerned in the greater part of this paper with investigation the prior question of possibility, only at the end drawing some practical conclusions on whether we should or should not be teaching anything that might be called an ethics of belief. (Author)

Two conventional scores and a weighted score on a group test of general intelligence were compared for reliability and predictive validity. (Editor)

This article examined what Scrutiny had to say about education up to the early war years of the 1940s and how Scrutiny reacted to the early post-war years during which the Labour Party was in power and were taking the first steps to implement the Education Act of 1944. (Author/RK)

In a sample of children with significant learning disabilities, it was found that those born in warm months had higher IQ's than those born in cold months. The effects of temperature and humidity upon neonatal cortex development are offered as a possible explanation of the differences noted. (ST)

The present study showed that the inconsistent results with regard to the relationships between locus of control, school achievement, and intelligence are at least partly due to the fact that the various methods used to assess locus of control are sufficiently different not to be equally applicable in all situations. (Author)

Deaf elementary school children were administered the Leiter International Performance Scale and the five nonauditory, nonverbal subtests of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities. The intellectual quotient derived from the Leiter and the psycholinguistic quotient derived from the five visually oriented subtests were then correlated. The…

Accuracy measures of reflection-impulsivity for girls, but not for boys, suggest that at the preschool level, at least, these cognitive style dimensions are not functionally equivalent for both sexes. (Authors/CB)

This article reviews and critiques studies involving the WISC with samples of blind subjects. Discussion focuses on reliability, validity, and research strategy. Recommendations and suggestions for further research place emphasis upon experimental analysis of behavior. (Author)

Purpose of the present investigation was to provide further normative data on the D 48 using American college students and to determine the relationship of scores on the D 48 to those on (a) the Otis Mental Ability Test, Gamma Form, AM, and (b) a nonverbal test, Revised Minnesota Paper Form Board. (Authors/CB)

Primary students were given the N.F.E.R. Picture and the Primary Verbal 1 intelligence tests before and after five weeks of instruction on traditional'' mathematics or on work with logic and sets. No significant differences in test scores were obtained between groups. (JP)

Analyzed were 147 patients (between 3 and 20 years) with hydrocephalus (an accumulation of fluid in the brain) who had been treated by valve regulated ventriculovenous shunt to determine the relationship between early surgical intervention and later IQ. (DB)

The results of this experiment clearly indicate that the presence of induced anxiety in a testing situation can depress the subject's level of performance on the WISC. (Author)