Supreme Court Case May Stop States That Still Execute Mentally Disabled

The justices banned execution of mentally disabled people in 2002. Now they are poised to tell death penalty states that they really meant it.

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Article: White matter disease more damaging than previously feared

White matter disease more damaging than previously feared
http://www.bps.org.uk/news/white-matter-disease-more-damaging-previously-feared

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Our Memory for Sounds is Worse Than Touch or Sight | PsyBlog - Understand Your Mind [feedly]

Our Memory for Sounds is Worse Than Touch or Sight | PsyBlog - Understand Your Mind
http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/02/our-memory-for-sounds-is-worse-than-touch-or-sight.php

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Article: Brain Awareness Week

Brain Awareness Week
http://www.dana.org/baw/

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Structural and concurrent validity of the Children's Psychological Processes Scale (CPPS)

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Woodcock-Johnson IV (WJ IV) NASP 2014 introduction and overview workshop slide shows

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Last week I, together with Dr. Fred Schrank and Dr. Nancy Mather, unveiled the new Woodcock-Johnson IV Battery at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) annual 2014 convention in Washington, DC.  We presented a three hour introductory and overview workshop.  NASP members can download the handouts we provided at the NASP website.  It is my understanding that NASP will eventually provide access to a video of the workshop that will allow NASP members to view and earn CEU credits (I am not 100% sure of this; check with NASP--don't email me).

Since the information we presented is now public, we three coauthors wish to provide access to our presentation to others.  The three presentation title slides are below.  Each are followed by a link to my SlideShare account (click this link if you want to see all three listed, as well as all my other PPT modules) where the slide shows can be viewed.  You will note that not all the slides were presented at the workshop session are included, due to test security issues and the pre-publication nature of various technical information from the forthcoming technical manual.

Enjoy.  Also, as coauthors of the WJ IV, we all have a financial interest in the instrument.  A disclosure statement is present in Part 1 of the slides.  My individual conflict of interest disclosure statement can be found at the MindHub web portal.

Additional information can be found at the official WJ IV Riverside Publishing web page. 

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Article: What if we took our models seriously? Slides from my NASP 2014 talk

What if we took our models seriously? Slides from my NASP 2014 talk
http://assessingpsyche.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/what-if-we-took-our-models-seriously-slides-from-my-nasp-2014-talk/

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Intellectually disabled but on death row: The troubling case of Freddie Hall

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Marc Tasse LA Times editorial on Hall v Florida "Atkins" death penalty case before the U. S. Supreme Court

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Intellectually disabled but on death row: The troubling case of Freddie Hall
Shortly after his birth in 1945, Freddie Hall's family knew that something was different about him. And later, he was slow to learn, to walk and to talk, and it was challenging for his family to understand his speech. He was raised under difficult circumstances in an impoverished and abusive home, the 16th of 17 children, and showed early signs of serious intellectual and developmental delays.

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Motivational constructs in reading: A recent lit review

Good stuff. See the Beyond IQ, and MACM (Motivation and Academic Competence Model) at the MindHub for related and additional information.

 

 

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Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence Relevant to Classroom Instruction with Manipulatives
Marley, Scott C.; Carbonneau, Kira J.
Educational Psychology Review, Vol. 26 Issue 1 – 2014: 1 - 7

10.1007/s10648-014-9257-3

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Article: Can the damaged brain repair itself?

Can the damaged brain repair itself?
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Genetic and environmental influences on general cognitive ability: Is g a valid latent construct?
Panizzon, Matthew S.; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Spoon, Kelly M.; Jacobson, Kristen C.; Lyons, Michael J.; Franz, Carol E.; Xian, Hong; Vasilopoulos, Terrie; Kremen, William S.
Intelligence, Vol. 43 – 2014: 65 - 76

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Article: Gaming to see: action video gaming is associated with enhanced processing of masked stimuli.

Gaming to see: action video gaming is associated with enhanced processing of masked stimuli.
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Worlds of data in seven beautiful visualisations [feedly]

I love good Gv-based presentations of data.  Here are some classics


Worlds of data in seven beautiful visualisations
// New Scientist - Online news
Data is useless unless we can see what it means. A new exhibition at the British Library shows how such visualisation has helped shape science and society

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Impulsivity, intelligence, and academic performance: Testing the interaction hypothesis
Lozano, J.H.; Gordillo, F.; Pérez, M.A.
Personality and Individual Differences, Vol. 61-62 – 2014: 63 - 68

10.1016/j.paid.2014.01.013

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Multilevel Factor Analyses of Family Data From the Hawai'i Family Study of Cognition
McArdle, J. J.; Hamagami, F.; Bautista, R.; Onoye, J.; Hishinuma, E. S.; Prescott, C. A.; Takeshita, J.; Zonderman, A. B.; Johnson, R. C.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, Vol. 74 Issue 2 – 2014: 292 - 342

10.1177/0013164413506113

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Science in court: Smart enough to die? : Nature News & Comment

http://www.nature.com/news/science-in-court-smart-enough-to-die-1.14742

Intelligent testing : Nature News & Comment

http://www.nature.com/news/intelligent-testing-1.14726

On the road

I am traveling for a week and will be off the blogging grid. I shall return

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Fun quote from Raymond Cattell on the importance of taxonomies

-Thanks Joel.  Cattell had a keen interest in taxnomies.  There is an interesting quote in a letter between he and Jack Carroll about organizing an effort to set a standard taxonomy system via APA in my 2009 Intelligence article (http://www.iapsych.com/articles/mcgrew2009.pdf)

W. Joel Schneider posted: "Raymond Cattell (1987, p. 61): A taxonomy of abilities, like a taxonomy anywhere else in science, is apt to strike a certain type of impatient student as a gratuitous orgy of pedantry. Doubtless, compulsions to intellectual tidiness express themselves pr" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Assessing Psyche, Engaging Gauss, Seeking Sophia Fun quote from Raymond Cattell on the importance of taxonomies by W. Joel Schneider Raymond Cattell (1987, p. 61): A taxonomy of abilities, like a taxonomy anywhere else in science, is apt to strike a certain type of impatient student as a gratuitous orgy of pedantry. Doubtless, compulsions to intellectual tidiness express themselves prematurely at times, and excessively at others, but a good descriptive taxonomy, as Darwin found in developing his theory, and as Newton found in the work of Kepler, is the mother of laws and theories. Raymond Cattell (1905–1998) W. Joel Schneider | February 17, 2014 at 2:36 pm | Tags: Raymond Cattell, Taxonomies | Categories: History of Intelligence Theories | URL: http://wp.me/p177GY-la Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Assessing Psyche, Engaging Gauss, Seeking Sophia. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://assessingpsyche.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/fun-quote-from-raymond-cattell-on-the-importance-of-taxonomies/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com

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The international cognitive ability resource: Development and initial validation of a public-domain measure
Condon, David M.; Revelle, William
Intelligence, Vol. 43 – 2014: 52 - 64

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Resting-state functional connectivity MRI reveals active processes central to cognition
Stevens, W. Dale; Spreng, R. Nathan
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Article: Communicate with percentile ranks…but think and reason with standard scores

Communicate with percentile ranks…but think and reason with standard scores
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Development of coordination in time estimation.
Kiefer, Adam W.; Wallot, Sebastian; Gresham, Lori J.; Kloos, Heidi; Riley, Michael A.; Shockley, Kevin; Van Orden, Guy
Developmental Psychology, Vol. 50 Issue 2 – 2014: 393 - 401

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Spatial abilities across the adult life span.
Borella, Erika; Meneghetti, Chiara; Ronconi, Lucia; De Beni, Rossana
Developmental Psychology, Vol. 50 Issue 2 – 2014: 384 - 392

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Article: Your brain is fine-tuning its wiring throughout your life

Your brain is fine-tuning its wiring throughout your life
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Article: CHC Theory Slides

CHC Theory Slides
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Article: The First Map Showing All the Connections in Your Brain's White Matter

White matter matters!

The First Map Showing All the Connections in Your Brain's White Matter
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Emotional Intelligence (EI) a new broad CHC ability?

Very interesting study suggesting that Ge (broad emotional intelligence) should be considered as a new entry into the CHC taxonomy of intelligence. I love the "big picture" model figure.....of course, it is an adaption of my 2009 model in the journal Intelligence.

 

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Why the Resistance to Statistical Innovations? Bridging the Communication Gap [feedly]

Why the Resistance to Statistical Innovations? Bridging the Communication Gap
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Title: Why the Resistance to Statistical Innovations? Bridging the Communication Gap
Author(s): Sharpe, Donald
Source: PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODS, 18 (4): 572-582 DEC 2013
IDS#: 293TG. ISSN: 1082-989X

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Where does Emotional Intelligence fit into CHC Theory? [feedly]

Where does Emotional Intelligence fit into CHC Theory?
// Assessing Psyche, Engaging Gauss, Seeking Sophia

A new study by MacCann, Joseph, Newman, and Roberts (2013) about the place of emotional intelligence in CHC Theory is worth reading. I highlight some its findings and discuss other matters in this video:

 

"Justices Asked to Define 'Mentally Retarded' in Death Cases" [feedly]

"Justices Asked to Define 'Mentally Retarded' in Death Cases"
// Sentencing Law and Policy

The title of this post is the headline of this new article by Marcia Coyle in The National Law Journal previewing the biggest SCOTUS capital case of the current Term. Oral argument in the case is less than a month away, and here is how this article begins to set the table in a very interesting and important procedural Eighth Amendment case:

Freddie Lee Hall sits on Florida's death row for the 1978 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old woman who was seven months pregnant. He should not be executed because, he claims, he is "mentally retarded."

Twelve years after the U.S. Supreme Court held in Atkins v. Virginia that execution of mentally retarded persons violates the Eighth Amendment, the justices will use Hall's case to examine how states determine who is "intellectually disabled" (now the preferred term for mentally retarded) and whether Florida's test is too narrow.  The court will hear arguments in Hall v. Florida on March 3.

Florida and its supporters want the court to hold fast to its language in Atkins giving states "the task of developing appropriate ways to enforce the constitutional restriction."

"This case turns on whether Atkins truly left any determination to the states or whether, as Hall contends, states are constitutionally bound to vague, constantly evolving — and sometimes contradictory — diagnostic criteria established by organizations committed to expanding Atkins's reach," Florida solicitor general Allen Winsor wrote.

Most states have developed appropriate standards, according to death penalty scholars and some national psychological and disability organizations.  However, they and Hall argue the justices need to tell Florida and some other states that their tests ignore generally accepted clinical definitions of mental retardation.

Nothing in Atkins "authorizes the states to narrow the substantive scope of the constitutional right itself by defining mental retardation in a way that excludes defendants who qualify for a diagnosis of mental retardation under accepted clinical standards," said Hall's counsel, Eric Pinkard of the Capital Collateral Regional Counsel in Tampa.  "Yet that is precisely what Florida has done here."

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Francis Galton Reading Recommendations [feedly]

More from Joel Schneider...he is on a huge roll at his web page since the first of the year


Francis Galton Reading Recommendations
// Assessing Psyche, Engaging Gauss, Seeking Sophia

Here are some sources that begin to explain the positive side of my ambivalence about Galton:

Selected publication	Comments
Hereditary genius (Galton, 1869)	Galton attempts to show that talent is hereditary. The methods are crude but entertaining. Hundreds of mini-biographies, strange details, and curious asides (One of many: William Pitt's talented niece, Lady Hester Stanhope ended her days in Syria, dressing as a man and claiming supernatural powers.). Sarah Austen is given credit for Jane's novels.
Inquiries into human faculty and its development (Galton, 1883)	This book is a romp through every weird place the human mind can go. If you like that sort of thing, you will like this very much.
"Regression towards mediocrity in hereditary stature" (Galton, 1886)	It is amusing how much detail about statistics needed to be explained explicitly in 1886. The glorious scatterplot alone makes this article worth a look.
Memories of my life (Galton, 1908)	Galton's mind was sharp right up to the end of his life. Filled with anecdotes, gossip, and rich humor. Fun story about the aftermath of the Sarah/Jane Austen fiasco. Googling the quotations that Galton inserts without sourcing makes for hours of entertainment. There is also much pathos here as well.

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Article: What Do IQ Tests Test?: Interview with Psychologist W. Joel Schneider

Congratulations Joel.  Well done
What Do IQ Tests Test?: Interview with Psychologist W. Joel Schneider
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/2014/02/03/what-do-iq-tests-test-interview-with-psychologist-w-joel-schneider/

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Article: Our debt to Francis Galton is great…and embarrassing

And awesome Joel Schneider strikes again.

Our debt to Francis Galton is great…and embarrassing
http://assessingpsyche.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/our-debt-to-francis-galton-is-great-and-embarrassing/

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Article: Galton’s “ridiculous” intelligence tests

Another interesting historical clarification of the work of Galton by Dr. Joel Schneider
Galton's "ridiculous" intelligence tests
http://assessingpsyche.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/galtons-ridiculous-intelligence-tests/

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Spatial Training Improves Children's Mathematics Ability
Cheng, Yi-Ling; Mix, Kelly S.
Journal of Cognition and Development, Vol. 15 Issue 1 – 2014: 2 - 11

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