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The aim of the current paper is to present a discussion regarding intelligence in new generations and to compare their performance with that of previous ones on the basis of the results obtained in Raven's Progressive Matrices norms updating for 19-to-30 year-old people in La Plata, Argentina. This is a compelling discussion after having found an arrest on the Flynn effect. The sample consisted of 947 male-female participants. Based on age, they were split in four intervals: ages 19-20, 21-22, 23-24 and 25-30 years old. The results obtained in this study were compared with the norms from 1964 and 2000 regarding the same age and city as well. A plateau effect and a slight decrease on the average scores in the test were found between the 2000 norms and the current study. In accordance with recent research from other countries, these results show a deceleration and even an arrest of the direct scores needed to reach an average score in each age-group. However, unlike such research we propose that the found effect is not a top but a plateau one. The contributions to the debate on its causes are based on generational dimension-linked perspectives, and on the so-called generation Y or the ' 'Millennials' characteristics in particular. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current paper presents the results of the construction of valid and updated norms for Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices, in the city of La Plata, Argentina, and compares them with norms obtained in the years 1964 and 2000 in order to observe score trends. For this purpose a sample of 1049 subjects of both sexes, 13- 18 years old, high school students were selected. The test was administered collectively, without time limit. Data was split into three age groups and results were compared with norms from 1964 and 2000. It was also noticed that as age increases, subjects performance tend to improve. The scores variability is similar in all age groups. A slight decrease of the direct scores needed to reach an average performance was observed, when compared to those from 2000, which were the norms where the Flynn effect was first noted after 1964 and show a plateau effect in direct scores. It was also noticed that as age increases, subjects performance tend to improve. The scores variability is similar in all age groups. Also differences in the order of difficulty between test series were observed. All these results confirm the need for updating of the scales and the characteristics of the test material for the purposes of an accurate assessment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the causes psychosocial stu-dent dropping out of the program of Psychology at a University in Barranquilla between 2009 and 2011. A total of 65 people, the sample was of 16 persons who met the selection criteria. Reviewed the existing in the institution information on MMPI and RAVEN tests, the tests Saber 11, financial, family and aca-demic aspects. The results show the correlation bet-ween these variables and the desertion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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