Language Dialect, Reinforcement, and the Intelligence-Test Performance of Negro Children.

Quay, Lorene C.

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Publication Date: 1971

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Language Dialect, Reinforcement, and the Intelligence-Test Performance of Negro Children

Quay, Lorene C.

Child Development, 42, 1, 5-15, Mar 71

No reliable IQ differences were found when the Stanford-Binet was administered to 100 4-year-old Negro children under two conditions of language (Standard English and Negro dialect) and two conditions of reinforcement (praise and candy). (Author/WY)

Descriptors: Comprehension, Intelligence Tests, Intelligence Tests, Motivation, Nonstandard Dialects, Performance, Preschool Children, Reinforcement, Verbal Communication

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