DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PERFORMANCE IQ AND VERBAL IQ IN A SEVERELY SOCIOPATHIC POPULATION

• NCJ Number: 2222
• Journal: Journal of Clinical Psychology Volume: 18 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1962) Pages: 73-77
• Author(s): S H MANNE; D ROSENTHAL; A KANDEL
• Date Published: 1962
• Length: 4 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

INTELLIGENCE TESTS ARE UTILIZED TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF DEFECTIVE DELINQUENCY.

Abstract

ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE SEVERE SOCIOPATHS, LEGALLY CALLED DEFECTIVE DELINQUENTS WERE GIVEN THE WECHSLERBELLEVUE INTELLIGENCE SCALE AS PART OF A PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION. PERFORMANCE IQ AND VERBAL IQ WERE EVALUATED. PERFORMANCE IQ WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN VERBAL IQ WITH ONLY 22 PERCENT OF THE SUBJECTS SHOWING A REVERSAL IN DIRECTION. CONTRARY TO EXPECTATION, A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF THESE REVERSALS WAS FOUND IN MENTALLY DEFECTIVE SUBJECTS. FOUR POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS WERE CONSIDERED.