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ED018209 - EXPERIENCES AND ATTITUDES OF AMERICAN ADULTS CONCERNING STANDARDIZED INTELLIGENCE TESTS.

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ERIC #:	ED018209
Title:	EXPERIENCES AND ATTITUDES OF AMERICAN ADULTS CONCERNING STANDARDIZED INTELLIGENCE TESTS.
Authors:	BRIM, ORVILLE G., JR.; AND OTHERS
Descriptors:	Adults; Aptitude Tests; Attitudes; Experience; Field Interviews; Intelligence Tests
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Publication Date:	1965-00-00
Pages:	195
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Abstract:	AS A PHASE OF A STUDY OF THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF ABILITY TESTING, A NATIONAL STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE OF 1,482 ADULTS WAS INTERVIEWED. OF THE RESPONDENTS, 59 PERCENT REPORTED AT LEAST ONE EXPERIENCE WITH A TEST OF APTITUDE OR INTELLIGENCE. WHILE THEY SAID THEY WERE RELATIVELY WELL INFORMED ABOUT TEST RESULTS THEY CONSIDERED SUCH TESTS AS LESS IMPORTANT THAN SCHOOL OR WORK SUCCESS AS INDICATIONS OF ABILITY. TEST EXPERIENCES WERE MORE COMMON AMONG MALES, AMONG YOUNGER RESPONDENTS, AND AMONG WHITE PERSONS. MEMBERS OF LOWER CLASSES ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE TAKEN TESTS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE IS IN FEWER CONTEXTS. THOSE WHO HAVE A FAVORABLE ATTITUDE TOWARD SUCH TESTS TEND TO BE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT TESTS AND ABOUT THEIR OWN SCORES. INTELLIGENCE TESTS ARE SEEN AS MEASURING WHAT IS INBORN, RATHER THAN WHAT IS LEARNED, MORE FREQUENTLY BY WOMEN, BY NEGROES, AND BY LOWER CLASS MEMBERS. THE BULK OF THE REPORT CONSISTS OF TABLES SHOWING DISTRIBUTIONS OF RESPONSES. (WO)
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Identifiers:	RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION
Record Type:	Non-Journal
Level:	1 - Available on microfiche
Institutions:	Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY.
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