Racial Differences as Measured by the Downey Will-Temperament Test

Abstract

Thirty-eight high school and 39 college students of both the white and colored races were given the Downey Will-Temperament Test. The results are given in detail. Among the conclusions drawn are the following: The negro is slower in movement than the white, in general. In general the negro college and high school student is from two to three years older than the white student of same academic grade. In "strength of personality," as indicated by the total score of each individual, the whites surpass the negroes, only 15.4 per cent of the negroes exceeding the median of the whites. From Psych Bulletin 21:01:00152. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)