The Influence of Psychological Factors on Agricultural Innovation of the Hill-Tribes of Northern Thailand

Abstract

1. The mean I.Q. of the hill tribes was far below norm and Muser was the lowest one below average 2. the mens. I.Q. were varied among ages, level of education and tribes of the sample 3. age, levels of education and tribes of the samples were the best predictive variables of the I.Q. 4. Their cognitive styles and perception involving series similar to the average norm and were better than their classification which differentiate the similary and dissimilarity of objects. They were difficult to understand and/or to see the relationship between the whole and the parts of objects. Their abstract thinking which was the process of generalization the images and the symbols in order to form the new concept and the capacity to see them in three dimensions were below the average. These prior mentions were one of the obstacles to the Rogers’ process of innovation-decision and can be used to explain why the hill tribes reject the agricultural innovation.