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...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Main Authors: Taylor, Lorne J., Skanes, Graham R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1976
Subjects:
inuit
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002202217672004
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/002202217672004
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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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