Differences and similarities in the intelligence of older residents of urban and rural areas of Greece

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine differences and similarities in the flowing and Crystallized intelligence of elderly people living in urban and rural areas. The sample consisted of 80 people aged 65-91 years who were selected so that they belong to two groups: 40 people from urban areas and 40 from rural ones. As Works that measure flowing intelligence, her phonological condition was granted Spectrum Testing and Array Design Testing Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System. As crystalline intelligence, the semantic condition of the D-KEFS Speech Test and the Wise Thought and Action Questionnaire. The results showed that the elderly living in rural areas had a higher performance in wisdom as dialectical thought and estimation of life uncertainty, compared to them Elderly people living in a city. The same was found in their performance at Semantic condition of the Speech Test, which measures them Executive functions of initiation and suspension but also requires Semantic knowledge and memory

Bibliographic Details

Authors
Στάλα Κ.
Publication date
01/01/2008
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