Association Structures Of Bright Children At Ages Nine And Twelve.

The factor structure of free word associations of children, age 9 and 12, was the same as that for adults. Idiodynamic associative sets of 9-year-old children predicted their commonality scores, but not their reaction times. Both of these variables were predicted by the idiodynamic sets of 12-year-old children.

ASSOCIATION STRUCTURES OF MENTAL RETARDATES.

Free word associations of low level retardates (I.Q., 48) and higher level (I.