Table 4.
Frequency and percentage of intelligence definitions by coding category.
| Category of intelligence definition | The Chinese sample | The US sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Percentage | Mindset | Frequency | Percentage | Mindset | |
| Only fluid intelligence | 62 | 36.3% | 2.96 (0.85) | 51 | 27.0% | 3.73 (1.10) |
| Both fluid and crystallized intelligence | 53 | 31.0% | 3.15 (0.73) | 39 | 20.6% | 4.07 (1.18) |
| Only crystallized intelligence | 16 | 9.4% | 3.18 (0.89) | 77 | 40.7% | 4.46 (0.88) |
| Neither fluid or crystallized intelligence | 40 | 23.4% | 3.12 (0.89) | 22 | 7.6% | 3.91 (1.30) |
| Full sample | 171 | 100.0% | 3.08 (0.83) | 189 | 100.0% | 4.12 (1.09) |