Comparison of Verbal Intelligence of Young Children from Low and Middle Socioeconomic Status
- 1 April 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 28 (2), 559-562
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1971.28.2.559
Abstract
The hypothesis that 20 young children from a middle-SES school would score higher in verbal intelligence assessed by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test than 20 young children from a low-SES school was not supported. Data showed that racial differences existed in the verbal intelligence of these kindergarteners in a school undergoing racial integration. This finding deserves consideration in programs of rapidly integrating schools and neighborhoods.Keywords
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