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Ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and pattern of WISC scores as variables that affect psychologists' estimates of “effective intelligence”
Author(s) -
Sattler Jerome M.,
Kuncik Thomas M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197604)32:2<362::aid-jclp2270320233>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - psychology , socioeconomic status , affect (linguistics) , ethnic group , wechsler intelligence scale for children , intelligence quotient , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , cognition , demography , psychiatry , population , communication , sociology , anthropology
Psychologists estimated "true IQs" or "effective intelligence" from WISC profiles that varied for ethnicity (black, Mexican-American, or white), social class (lower or middle), profile (three scatter patterns), and direction of Verbal-Performance Scale discrepancy. Psychologists gave higher IQ estimates to black and Mexican-American children's profiles than to the same profiles of white children. Social class was not a significant factor. Profiles with much scatter received higher IQs than profiles with limited scatter. The pattern of subtest scores also affected estimates, while the direction of the Verbal-Performance discrepancy was not significant. Finally, the WISC was judged to be more valid for white than for black and Mexican-American children. Explanations of the findings were discussed.