Analyses of 109 drug-abusing adolescents indicated that inhalant abusers performed significantly more poorly than polydrug abusers on 20 of 67 neuropsychological measures. Deficits were observed on both global (WAIS and WRAT) and specific measures (perception of speech sounds, visual suppression, sensory perception, and trails). (Author/SJL)

Examined effects of types of reinforcement on performance of Black males on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. After correct responses, participants were given no reinforcement, candy rewards, traditional social reinforcement, or culturally relevant social reinforcement. Children given candy or culturally relevant social…

Research, some of which used the Wechsler Intelligence scales, is reviewed to study generalizations made about reading-disabled children. There are definite subgroups of disabled readers, having different types of problems. Disabled readers should not be treated as a single heterogenous group. (JN)

To examine the concurrent and construct validity of the Slingerland Screening Tests (SST) for Children with Specific Language Disability in the assessment of learning disabilities, 382 children in grades 1 through 4 were given both the SST and an IQ test. The SST errors were significantly negatively correlated with IQ scores. (Author)

The decline of the psychometric paradigm for studying intelligence was due in part to its failure to meet four challenges. On the surface, users of the information-processing paradigms seem successfully to have met these challenges, but at a deeper level, the level of success is not so great. (Author/BW)

The study examined cognitive aspects of 60 learning disabled (LD) eight- to twelve-year-old Israeli boys as reflected in the Hebrew version of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R). Despite the translation of the test to Hebrew, the WISC-R preserved its ability to differentiate between LD and normal children. (Author)

Examines the relationship between class rank and intelligence skills for a group of 75 physically handicapped students mainstreamed into two regular vocational-technical high school programs. (Author/CM)

Increased frequency and higher magnitude of correlations for siblings and the stability over time of the correlations among the data for siblings underscore the possibility of a genetic basis for the similarity of intellectual functioning among siblings. (Author)

The Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) scores of 98 high-risk kindergarten children were correlated with their scores on the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI). It was concluded that the predictive validity of the SIT was very low. (Author/CTM)

Measures of field independence, general intelligence, and school achievement were obtained for 187 Filipino high school girls. The data supported the proposition that field independence shares a small but significant amount of variance of school achievement after the variance attributable to intelligence is removed. (Author)

Investigated the ability of the Wechsler Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) subtest scores to distinguish between three groups of behaviorally disordered boys and a control group. Results suggest that although WISC-R subtest scores were able to distinguish between the groups, their use as a classification metric could be highly misleading.…

The author cites findings from a study of the educational placement of 195 deaf blind children. Results indicate that placement seems to be based on several factors, including level of intelligence and additional physical disabilities. (Author/CL)

In a sample of 80 second- and fith-grade students, the greater self-image disparity of the older children appeared to be a function of both decreased self-evaluations and increased ideal self-images. Boys had larger self-image disparities than girls. Whites had larger disparities and higher ideal self-images than Blacks. SES affected self-image…

The WISC-R and WAIS were administered to 16-year-old EMH students in a test-retest design to distribute practice effects. Analysis of data revealed significantly higher WAIS scores on all levels of VIQ, PIQ, and FIQ for all groups. (Author)