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. / 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 define. 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 level of cultural contact of the person defining it.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PUCP/oai:tesis.pucp.edu.pe:123456789/102606 |
Date | 25 September 2017 |
Creators | Figueroa Cuevas, Joaquín, Hernández Guzmán, Laura |
Publisher | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
Source Sets | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
Language | Español |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Artículo |
Format | |
Source | Revista de Psicología; Vol. 22, Núm. 2 (2004); 161-185 |
Rights | Artículo en acceso abierto, Attribution 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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