Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ413294
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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Leta Stetter Hollingworth: A Pilgrim in Research in Her Time and Ours.
Benbow, Camilla Persson
Roeper Review, v12 n3 p210-15 Mar 1990
The research of psychologist and educator Leta Hollingworth (1886-1939) in the areas of psychology of women, mental retardation, and intellectual talent is summarized. Topics include the variability hypothesis of male/female differences, the seeming greater incidence of mental retardation among males, identification of the gifted, and myths about the gifted. (DB)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Females, Gifted, Incidence, Mental Retardation, Psychology, Research, Sex Differences, Talent Identification
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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