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Implicit and incorrect assumptions concerning the assessment of the latino in the United States

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  1. Ana Mari Cauce

    Present address: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Miami, 33124, Coral Gables, Florida

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Portions of this paper were presented at the XVI Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Miami Beach, Florida. The authors would like to express their thanks to Edward J. Murray, Robert Felner, Joseph Suarez, and Elba Crespo for their assistance.

This paper has primarily concentrated on the literature related to intelligence assessment as most of the work with Latinos falls within this area. Nonetheless, the mistakes in this area are similarly seen in the literature on personality assessment.

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Cauce, A.M., Jacobson, L.I. Implicit and incorrect assumptions concerning the assessment of the latino in the United States. Am J Commun Psychol 8, 571–586 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00912593

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