Se realizaron tres estudios dedicados a explorar las nociones de inteligencia en etnias mexicanas. Los resultados del primer estudio indicaron que los profesores mestizos y nahuas definen la inteligencia infantil en términos tecnológicos, propios de países industrializados. Sin embargo, cuando los profesores nahuas la definieron desde la perspectiva étnica incluyeron proporciones equivalentes de conceptos sociales y tecnológicos. En un segundo estudio se indagó el concepto que poseían las madres nahuas, quienes subrayaron la importancia de los aspectos sociales de la inteligencia. En el tercer estudio, profesores indígenas de diferentes regiones étnicas definieron el concepto de inteligencia congruentemente con los profesores nahuas del primer estudio. De los tres estudios, se concluye que las nociones de inteligencia se relacionan con el grado de contacto cultural de quien la d...

Three studies were conducted to explore the notion of intelligence in Mexican ethnic groups. Results of the first study showed that mestizo and nahua teachers defined child intelligence in technological terms, as in industrialized countries. However, indigenous teachers, defining intelligence from the ethnic viewpoint, stressed its social in the same proportion as its technological aspects. In the second study, the concept of intelligence of nahua mothers emphasized the importance of social aspects of intelligence. In the third study, bilingual teachers from different ethnic regions defined intelligence in equivalent terms as nahua teachers from the first study. Conclusions from the three studies point to a concept of intelligence related to the leve! of cultural contact of the person defining it.

Three studies were conducted to explore the notion of intelligence in Mexican ethnic groups. Results of the first study showed that mestizo and nahua teachers defined child intelligence in technological terms, as in industrialized countries. However, indigenous teachers, defining intelligence from the ethnic viewpoint, stressed its social in the same proportion as its technological aspects. In the second study, the concept of intelligence of nahua mothers emphasized the importance of social aspects of intelligence. In the third study, bilingual teachers from different ethnic regions defined intelligence in equivalent terms as nahua teachers from the first study. Conclusions from the three studies point to a concept of intelligence related to the leve! of cultural contact of the person defining it.

Background: Students’ attributions of their grades may affect their academic performance. However, lack of evidence supporting the validity and reliability of the instruments measuring attribution is a major concern. Objective: To analyze the factor structure, convergent validity, and reliability of the Academic Attributional Style Questionnaire adapted to Mexican high school students (EAT-A). Method: The sample consisted of 557 Mexico City students of both sexes aged between 15 and 19. Using a confirmatory factor analysis for both success and failure attributions, a 7-factor structure and a 4-factor structure of the EAT-A were tested. The instrument’s convergent validity, internal consistency, and reliability were examined. Results: Only the 7-factor structure showed adequate fit indices: RMSEA = .046; SRMR = .053; CFI = .961; TLI = .952 and χ²/gl = 2.72. In addition, the EAT-A ev...