Level I and Level II Intelligence in Inuit and White Children from Similar Environments
The participants in this study consisted of 239 children residing in four communities on the coast of Labrador-63 lnuit and 176 White subjects. The Level I and Level II intelligence measures were a series of digit span tests and Raven's progressive matrices, respectively. The results indicated...
Published in: | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
1976
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002202217672004 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/002202217672004 |
Summary: | The participants in this study consisted of 239 children residing in four communities on the coast of Labrador-63 lnuit and 176 White subjects. The Level I and Level II intelligence measures were a series of digit span tests and Raven's progressive matrices, respectively. The results indicated some differences between the Inuit and White sample in Level I measures, decreasing with age, and a significant difference on the Level Il tests favoring the Inuit sample. |
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