Topography of human intelligence across race: factorial comparison of black-white WAIS-R profiles for criminal offenders.
Comparison of intellectual functioning across racial groups is an important scientific issue with broad interdisciplinary implications. A large random sample (N = 275) of Black and White incarcerated individuals were studied to evaluate the topography of intelligence across race. Principal factor analyses yielded the general intelligence-g factor along with specific Verbal Comprehension and Perceptual Organization dimensions. All three of these structural components were highly congruent between Whites and Blacks. Theoretical implications of these data include: (1) evidence of qualitatively equivalent intellectual functioning across race, (2) justification of a verbal-performance dichotomy of adult intelligence across racial groups, and (3) support for construct validity of adult intellectual assessment across race.
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D014888:Wechsler Scales; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*