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Do normal children have “flat”; ability profiles?
Author(s) -
Kaufman Alan S.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197607)13:3<284::aid-pits2310130308>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , stereotype (uml) , cognition , sample (material) , standardization , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , chemistry , chromatography , political science , law
Scatter on the five specific scales in the McCarthy was examined for the standardization sample to explore the types of ability profiles exhibited by normal children. Contrary to the common stereotype of “flat” profiles, normal children aged 21/2 to 81/2 years evidenced much variability in their performance on the various cognitive and motor dimensions.