Intelligence-related differences in the relative salience of object-property relationships.

Three groups of nonretarded children, ranging in age from 8 to 16 years, and a group of EMR 16-year olds (MA = 10) were asked to verify statements about the properties of animate and inaminate objects. Properties were of four types: intrinsic-action (e.g.

Verification of property statements by retarded and nonretarded adolescents.

Educable mentally retarded and nonretarded adolescents verified true and false statements about the properties of common objects. For the true sentences, one-half contained properties rated as highly salient to the given object, and half contained less salient properties. Further, at each level of salience, one-half of the properties were static (physical) properties, e.