EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS ABSTRACT DOCUMENT RESUME CG 007 059 Gardner , Thomas D . ; Barnard , James W . Intelligence and the Factorial Structure of Person

DOCUMENT RESUME CG 007 059 Gardner, Thomas D.; Barnard, James W. Intelligence and the Factorial Structure of Person Perception. George Peabody Coll. for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn. Inst. on Mental Retardation and Intellectual Development. 68 20p.; Volume V, Number 17 MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29 *Affective Behavior; Cognitive Development; Emotional Development; *Exceptional Children; *Gifted; Mentally Handicapped; *Perception; Perceptual Development; Retardation; *Retarded Children Person perception is used in this study to refer to the behavioral domain which is also called interpersonal or social perception. This domain typically consists of judgments of other persons' actions, expressions, or intentions. Three groups of 10 children differing on IQ and CA comprised the subject population. One group vas gifted, one average, and one retarded. The experimental task consisted of rating the facial expressions in 34 photographs from the Frois-Wittman series. Four hypotheses relating structural complexity of the attitudinal domain person perception to IQ levels were generated. The results suggest that intelligence level is indeed a determivant of person perception. Several other areas for future research are mentioned. on4 INSTITUTE ON MENTAL RETARDATION AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT A UNIT OF THE John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Education and Human Development GEORGE PEABODY COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS/NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37203 Intelligence and the Factorial Structure of Person Perception INTELLIGENCE AND THE FACTORIAL STRUCTURE OF PERSON PERCEPTION1 Thomas D. Gardner and James W. Barnard2 George Peabody College Person perception is used in this study to refei to the behavioral domain which is also called interpersonal perception and social perception. -This domain typically consists of judgments of other persons actions, expressions, or intentions. Cronbach (1958) has observed that the literature in person perception is typified by the use of global indices describing quite heterogeneous sets of items. He suggested replacing the global index with an analysis of components of the perceptual process. A type of analysis that is suited for multiple components is factor analysis. The usefulness of factor'analysis in yerson perception is based on the supposition that individuals differ rn respect to amount of covariation among dimensiolis of judgment and that this covariance will be revealed through factor structures which diHer in complexity. Complexity as used in the present context refers to various characteristics of factor structures including divers:ty of infor,aation across the factors, simplicity and clarity of the factor structure, the completeness of factorization, and goodness of fit to an idealized factor