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Cognitive Ability, Right-Wing Authoritarianism, and Social Dominance Orientation: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study amongst Adolescents
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Heaven, Patrick C. L.; Ciarrochi, Joseph; Leeson, Peter – Intelligence, 2011
We report longitudinal data in which we assessed the relationships between intelligence and support for two constructs that shape ideological frameworks, namely, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO). Participants (N = 375) were assessed in Grade 7 and again in Grade 12. Verbal and numerical ability were assessed…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Intelligence, Graduation, Grade 7
Characteristics of 12th Grade Students Seriously Deficient in Spatial Ability.
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Gohm, Carol L.; Humphreys, Lloyd G.; Yao, Grace – Intelligence, 1998
When spatial ability was regressed on a measure of general intelligence in a large national sample of 12th graders, a bimodal distribution of spatial ability was found among low scoring students, suggesting two qualitatively different types of individuals. Characteristics of these students are discussed, and an organic impairment is suggested as…
Descriptors: Grade 12, High School Seniors, High Schools, Individual Differences
The Development of Serial Short-Term Memory and the Articulatory Loop Hypothesis.
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Cohen, Ronald L.; Heath, Michele – Intelligence, 1990
The working memory hypothesis that the development of span in children is related to increasing proficiency in the use of an articulatory loop was tested in two studies with 120 Canadian children in grades 5 and 6 and 11 and 12. Some support was found for the hypothesis. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes