PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jigsaw Puzzle, Intelligence Quotient, Block Design
19 Jan 2016
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Hypothetical construct: something that we assume but it may or may not exist we can"t see it (iq, time) A method of assessing an individual"s mental aptitudes and comparing them to those of others, using numerical scores. Iq = ma/cax100 mental age divided by chronological age. Hired by the french government to help find a way to asses children. They developed tests to identify those that may be at risk. They would work with their own children with several tests-they would develop them so that they would be used for any age. If you were six and could perform tasks that a six year old. Should do then they have a mental age of six, etc. How to calculate iq (only works up to a certain number and then becomes useless) Used to be done years ago in school systems. Used on thousands of people so that the average is 100.
