PSY 12000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lewis Terman, David Wechsler, Intelligence Quotient
11 Dec 2018
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Intelligence: the ability to direct one"s thinking, adapt to one"s circumstances, and learn from one"s experience. Feeble-minded could not successfully score highly on his tests. These individuals needed to be segregated from society and banned from pro-creation. Binet and simon test of intelligence (end of 19th century) (natural intelligence: french government requested they create a test, purpose of the test was to help identify slow learners who needed remedial assistance, 30 tasks involved logic, reasoning. If x happened what would you do? /copying pictures/rhyming: measured aptitude for learning independent of prior educational achievement, determine mental level or mental age. Iq: a statistic or number based on the performance on the intelligence tests. Modern intelligence tests (based on binet and simon"s work) Wechsler adult intelligence scale (wais) >david wechsler (currently most widely used) Research and iq test scores: excellent predictor of income, these people have traits promote economic success (patience, good at determining risk)
