Problems With IQ Gains: The Huge Vocabulary Gap

Problems With IQ Gains: The Huge Vocabulary Gap

Despite Kaufman, Raven’s Progressive Matrices and the Wechsler subtest Similarities are tests whose gains call for special explanation. The spread of “scientific spectacles” is the key, but its explanatory potential has been exhausted. Three trends force us to look elsewhere: (a) gains on Wechsler s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of psychoeducational assessment 2010-10, Vol.28 (5), p.412-433
1. Verfasser: Flynn, James R.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age Differences
Change
Context Effect
Developed Nations
Intelligence Quotient
Intelligence Tests
Measures (Individuals)
Pictorial Stimuli
Raven Progressive Matrices
Social Change
Social Influences
Subcultures
Subtests
Test Norms
Time Perspective
Vocabulary
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised)
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Zusammenfassung:Despite Kaufman, Raven’s Progressive Matrices and the Wechsler subtest Similarities are tests whose gains call for special explanation. The spread of “scientific spectacles” is the key, but its explanatory potential has been exhausted. Three trends force us to look elsewhere: (a) gains on Wechsler subtests such as Picture Arrangement, (b) gains in developed nations persisting into the 21st century, (c) the growing gap between the active vocabularies of parents and their children.
ISSN:0734-2829
1557-5144
DOI:10.1177/0734282910373342