Kyle Stanford has recently claimed to offer a new challenge to scientific realism. Taking his inspiration from the familiar Pessimistic Induction (PI), Stanford proposes a New Induction (NI). Contra the suggestion that the NI is a “red herring”, I argue that it reveals something deep and important about science. The Problem of Unconceived Alternatives, which lies at the heart of the NI, yields ...

Results on jet production and quark fragmentation are presented from the five detectors at the PEP e+estorage ring at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center: DELCO (Caltech-SLAC-Stanford), I-IRS (ArgonneIndiana-LBL-Michigan-Purdue-SLAC), MAC (ColoradoFrascati-Houston-Northeastern-SLAC-Stanford-UtahWisconsin), MARK II (SLAC-LBL-Harvard), and TPC (LBL-Johns Hopkins-UCLA-UC Riverside-Yale). All da...

OBJECTIVE To compare the growth and development of twins with normal control singletons and also with matched 'high risk' singletons, at one and four years of age. DESIGN A four year prospective follow up study. SETTING High risk clinic (HRC) of a referral hospital. SUBJECTS Twin pairs enrolled in the HRC; normal full term singleton controls; and high risk "matched" singletons enrolled in...

The terms gifted, talented, and intelligent all have meanings that suggest an individual's highly proficient or exceptional performance in one or more specific areas of strength. Other than Spearman's g, which theorizes about a general elevated level of potential or ability, more contemporary theories of intelligence are based on theoretical models that define ability or intelligence according ...

study clinic and has referred to her for examination and study large numbers of children from foreign, industrial communities. It is her custom to include the Stanford Binet in a minimum examination schedule. In dealing with the child of foreign nativity or foreign parentage it is clearly necessary to evaluate very carefully mental age scores based on tests involving language. The particular pr...

This volume, one of vital importance to all interested in the problems and implications of mental testing, makes a timely reappearance in a second and enlarged edition. Here we have a detailed description and analysis of the investigations carried out by the author during his years spent as Psychologist to the London County Council. The appointment of Dr. Burt to that post in 1913 marked the be...

In this project, the relationship between parent differentiation of self and child cognitive competence will be examined in a sample of 60 low-income, rural families. Specifically, we hypothesized that greater differentiation of self among mothers will predict higher cognitive achievement in children as measured by the Stanford-Binet-5. Results will be presented and implications for counseling ...

Abstract Background ADHD affects 7.8% of the school-aged population, making it one most common childhood brain illnesses. It is characterized by abnormally high levels inattention, activity, and impulsivity at a young age. Being parent child with real challenge, as parents tend to be more disapproving, critical, provide impulse control directions; such parenting style can have an impact on illn...