The Flynn effect in the Czech Republic

LACIGA, Jiří and Hynek CÍGLER. The Flynn effect in the Czech Republic. Intelligence. Elsevier, 2017, vol. 61, March-April, p. 7-10. ISSN 0160-2896. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2016.11.005.

Basic information

Original name

The Flynn effect in the Czech Republic

Authors

LACIGA, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Hynek CÍGLER (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Intelligence, Elsevier, 2017, 0160-2896

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.785

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/17:00095980

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2016.11.005

UT WoS

000395606300002

Keywords in English

Flynn effect; Rule-dependence model

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International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

The Flynn effect in the Czech population presented here was estimated based on the re-standardization of two short intelligence tests on a sample of 133 eighth-grade students. For over 44 years, the average performance in these tests had been improving by 0.23 and 0.42 IQ points per year respectively. There had been a significant difference between the tests at p < 0.05, although both tests had been designed to measure fluid intelligence. We propose that the gains in the test scores were generally brought about by changes in the Czech education system, while Armstrong and Woodley's (2014) rule-dependence model provides a reasonably accurate explanation for the difference between the tests.