A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF THE CONCEPT OF “INTELLIGENT PERSON”

ISHIDA Eiko, OGASAWARA Haruhiko, FUJINAGA Tamotsu

doi:10.5926/jjep1953.39.3_270

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「頭の良い人」の属性に関する比較文化的研究
「頭の良い人」の属性に関する比較文化的研究 : 6か国の「頭の良さ」の因子構造比較
「頭の良い人」の属性に関する比較文化的研究--6か国の「頭のよさ」の因子構造比較
アタマノヨイヒトノゾクセイニカンスルヒカクブンカテキケンキ
A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF THE CONCEPT OF ^|^ldquo;INTELLIGENT PERSON^|^rdquo;
Comparative study on the factor structures among six cultures
6か国の「頭の良さ」の因子構造比較

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The purpose of this study was to clarify (1) people's concept of intelligence in the following six cultures: Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Canada and Mexico ; and (2) the difference between the three following Japanese concepts: ‘atamanoyoi’, ‘rikouna’, ‘kashikoi’, which express “intelligent” in Japanese. The results were as follows: 1) Five-factor solution was found to be valid. They were named “sympathy and sociability”,“inter-personal competence”,“ability to comprehend and process knowledge”,“accurate and quick decisi on making”, and “ability to express oneself”; 2) The factor structures of Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan were similar to each other, but dissimilar to those of Canada and Mexico ; 3) The patterns of the correlations among the five factors were rather similar, while the variances of the factors were different between the nations concerned ; 4) The concept of ‘kashikoi’ was different from that of ‘atamanoyoi’ in that ‘kashikoi’ implied sociability together with cognitive ability.

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The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology

The Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology 39 (3), 270-278, 1991

The Japanese Association of Educational Psychology

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