Birth Order and Sibling Sex Composition Effects Among Surviving Children in India: Enrollment Status and Test Scores

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Momoe Makino
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Sex Composition ◽  
Composition Effects ◽  
Enrollment Status

College Students' Scores on Torrance's Tests of Creative Thinking

1974 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
College Majors ◽  
Class Standing ◽  
Home Community ◽  
Mean Differences

54 social work students were given a questionnaire and the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Ss' mean fluency, flexibility, and originality scores were analyzed by t tests against own sex, age, birth order, father's occupation, size of home community, class standing, and Torrance test scores from 10 college samples. Significant mean differences were only between (a) sophomores' and seniors' fluency and flexibility, (b) sophomores' and juniors' flexibility, (c) Ss' fluency and that of five other samples of fluency scores, (d) Ss' flexibility and that of five other samples, (e) Ss' originality and that of six other samples, (f) seniors' scores and six other sets of seniors' scores, (g) sophomores' scores and four other sets of sophomores' scores. Generally, the higher Ss' class, the lower the creativity scores. Social work Ss tended to score lower than other college majors on the Torrance tests.

Cognitive Abilities of Sibling Pairs: Evaluating the Impact of Early Education

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet P. Swartz ◽  
Donald E. Pierson
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Early Education ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Sibling Pairs ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Older Siblings

The cognitive test scores of 20 second-born children who had participated in an early education project since birth were compared to those of their nonparticipant older siblings. The McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities were administered to all of the children prior to entering kindergarten. Contrary to the expected effects of birth order, the program children consistently scored higher than their older siblings on all subtests as well as the General Cognitive Index. The advantages for second-born children, which were not seen among sibling pairs in a comparison group, suggest the positive effects of early education.

Prenatal gender preference of mothers of feminine and masculine boys: Relation to sibling sex composition and birth order

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Zucker ◽  
Richard Green ◽  
Christina Garofano ◽  
Susan J. Bradley ◽  
Katherine Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Gender Preference ◽  
Sex Composition

Intelligence test scores and birth order among young Norwegian men (conscripts) analyzed within and between families

Intelligence ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 503-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tor Bjerkedal ◽  
Petter Kristensen ◽  
Geir A. Skjeret ◽  
John I. Brevik
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Intelligence Test ◽  
Intelligence Test Scores
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