An investigation of the non-intellectual traits of a group of negro adults

The purpose of this investigation was to determine what correlation exists between emotionality and intelligence, and between non-intellectual traits such as emotionality and temperament in negro adults. The subjects were 175 negro college students, and the tests used were: the Terman Group Test of Intelligence, the Otis Intelligence Test, the Pressey X-O Test of Emotional Susceptibility, and the Downey Will-Temperament Test. Very little correlation was found between tests of intelligence and emotionality. What relationship can be demonstrated seems to indicate that higher scores on intelligence tests are associated with lower scores, in terms of deviations from modal choices, in the Pressey X-O test. There is some degree of correlation between a combination of standing on the Downey and Pressey tests and the Otis Intelligence test. No distinctive pattern appears in the group profile of the subjects studied. From classmates' and teachers' judgments, standard intelligence tests seem to be a more satisfactory measure of personality than any of the tests of non-intellectual traits used. The problem is complicated by the factor of race mixture. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Developmental psychology · Group (periodic table) · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Psychology · Social Psychology

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