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INFLUENCE OF TOWN AND COUNTRY UPON CHILDREN'S INTELLIGENCE
Author(s) -
YOUNG HARBEN BOUTOURLINE,
TAGIURI RENATO,
TESI GINO,
MONTEMAGNI GABRIELLA
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1962.tb01750.x
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , social class , humanities , developmental psychology , social psychology , political science , art , law , paleontology , biology
S ummary . The results of a relatively culture‐free intelligence test applied to a random sample of fifth grade elementary school classes in the Florence (Italy) area showed a marked superiority of town boys over boys from the country. This superiority remained significant for socio‐economic classes 4 and 5 after differences in social class distribution had been controlled. However, no differences between urban and rural girls were found. Possible explanations of the results are discussed and the importance of further enquiry is emphasised.