PREDICTION OF CAUCASIAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESCHOOL-CHILDREN FLUIDAND CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE - CONTRIBUTIONS OF MATERNAL CHARACTERISTICS AND HOME-ENVIRONMENT

Assessed 60 mother-child pairs on two measures of crystallized intelli gence and one measure of fluid abilities. Maternal fluid and crystalli zed intelligence and education, as well as family income and home envi ronment, were used to predict Caucasian and African-American preschool children's fluid and crystallized abilities. Mothers' fluid abilities best predicted children's fluid abilities; mothers' crystallized inte lligence best predicted children's crystallized intelligence; when exa mined without maternal intelligence, the only socioeconomic variables that significantly predicted children's intellectual abilities were fa mily income and home environment.