EXPERIMENTAL TESTS (23) WERE CONSTRUCTED TO MEASURE CERTAIN BEHAVIORAL-COGNITION FACTORS OF SOCIAL ABILITY. THE TESTS, AS WELL AS 24 MARKER TESTS OF SEMANTIC AND FIGURAL ABILITY, WERE ADMINISTERED TO WHITE, MIDDLE-CLASS, AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE 11TH GRADERS (240). THE STIMULI CONSISTED MAINLY OF PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS, AND CARTOONS. WORDS WERE USED AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. ALL SIX OF THE BEHAVIORAL-COGNITION FACTORS HYPOTHESIZED WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE ANALYSIS. NO SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE DIMENSIONS WERE DISCOVERED. IF PREDICTIVE VALIDITY COULD BE ESTABLISHED, THESE TESTS MIGHT SERVE AS JOB-SELECTION INSTRUMENTS OR TRAINING DEVICES IN A CLINICAL SETTING. (RS)