Conservation is positively correlated with reading readiness and intelligence. Suggests that conservation is worthy of attention by primary teachers as a predictor of the child's readiness for learning to read. (ST)

575 adults drawn from both rural and urban areas completed a questionnaire designed and used originally by Flugel in 1947 to see how far lay opinions on intelligence reflect views held by professional psychologists and how far lay responses now differ from those reported by Flugel. (Editor)

Evidence from this study suggests that if the sample size is large and if economic barriers to treatment are not present, one finds that intelligence is distributed among school phobics as it is distributed in the general population. Implications for practice and research are discussed. (Author)

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)