INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT AND SOCIAL QUOTIENT*

Abstract

In the present paper authors offer a report on the first of these three aspects of the problem: namely, possible relationship of discrepancy between the intelligence quotient and social quotient to the nature of the behavior disorder as determined by the final diagnosis. The cases were then grouped according to final diagnoses and the discrepancy between the two quotients was obtained at each IQ level for each diagnostic classification. In this way, discrepancies occurring in each diagnostic group could be compared with the entire group. It therefore seems justifiable to conclude that the two scales do not measure the same factors. The Rinet test indicates the intellectual capacity of the individual, while the Vineland Social Maturity scale provides the means for measuring the extent or degree to which the individual has acquired socially important patterns of behavior. Finally, these tendencies on the part of the individual himself are aided and abetted by educational practices followed both in the home and in the school. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)