Subjects were 30 boys aged 9-12 with learning disabilities. Lower socioeconomic status (LSES) learning-disabled boys scored lower than the normal population on both verbal and performance scales of the WISC while upper-middle socioeconomic status (USES) boys scored lower only on verbal tests. USES boys scored higher than LSES boys in Performance…

Evaluated was the extent to which psychologists and physicians made use of a measure of adaptive behavior in the classification of 100 mentally retarded children (5 to 16 years of age) during a 10 year period. (Author/MC)

A critique arguing: (1) that the assumptions underlying the use of intelligence tests are invalid; (2) that findings regarding individual differences can not be generalized to differences between populations; and, (3) that the studies cited as evidence were both incorrectly designed and improperly executed. (JM)

Paper presented at the 24th annual convention of the California State Psychological Association, Corona, Calif., January 30, 1971. (DM)

When predicting work adjustment for disadvantaged trainees, intelligence tests will predict better for whites than blacks. Additional data suggest that the counselor who is interested in predicting the work adjustment of his clients should be aware of the need to develop different prediction criteria for whites and blacks. (Author)

Results support the hypothesis that the differences between the test results of the middle and lower classes in the individual countries are greater than the differences between the same classes in the three different countries. (Author)

Studied was the relationship of sex and race to the performance of 134 learning disabled and disadvantaged children on four subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. (DB)

In a search for an adequate but efficient substitute, the authors have instituted three evaluations of the relationships between potential WAIS-substitutes and the WAIS itself. The present report describes the first of these researches-- a study of the relationships between the four group ability tests and the WAIS in a mental hospital setting.…

Findings, confirming the results of an earlier study using a less deprived population, indicated that young black children do not benefit from having the Binet administered in Negro Dialect. (Author)

The generalized self-fulfilling prophecy phenomenon failed to be supported in this study, but the significant differences related to the teacher-opinion dimension underscore the complexity of teacher-pupil interaction. (Authors/MB)

An experimental project in the teaching of biology is discussed. (CK)

Verbal intelligence of Athenians 18 years and older was studied through the use of the Information, Comprehension, and Similarities subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. Three sub-groups of subjects were used according to sex, age, and education. (CB)