Identification of a Flynn Effect in the NLSY: Moving from the Center to the Boundaries

Autor/inn/en	Rodgers, Joseph Lee; Wanstrom, Linda
Titel	Identification of a Flynn Effect in the NLSY: Moving from the Center to the Boundaries
Quelle	In: Intelligence, 35 (2007) 2, S.187-196 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0160-2896
DOI	10.1016/j.intell.2006.06.002
Schlagwörter	Identification (Psychology); Intelligence Quotient; Children; Theories; Vocabulary; Mathematics Skills; Problem Solving; Reading Comprehension; Evaluation Methods; Measures (Individuals); Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intelligenzquotient; Child; Kind; Kinder; Theory; Theorie; Wortschatz; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Problemlösen; Leseverstehen; Messdaten
Abstract	The Flynn Effect [Flynn, J. R. (1984). The mean IQ of Americans: Massive gains 1932 to 1978. Psychological Bulletin 95, 29-51.] is an increase in IQ of around 0.33 points per year, observed in developed (and some developing) countries during the past century. It emerges from problem solving and other non-verbal components of IQ. The cause has been argued and theories proposed. Rodgers [Rodgers, J. L. (1998). A critique of the Flynn Effect: Massive IQ gains, methodological artifacts, or both? Intelligence 26, 337-356.] noted that the search for causes has preceded specification of the nature of the effect. Our study uses a national sample of U.S. children to test for the Flynn Effect in PIAT-Math, PIAT-Reading Recognition, PIAT-Reading Comprehension, Digit Span, and PPVT. An effect of the predicted magnitude was observed for PIAT-Math when maternal IQ was controlled. This finding in a large representative sample with thousands of variables supports more careful evaluation of the Flynn Effect, in demographic, geographic, environmental, and biological domains. (Author).
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