HLTH 220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: The Bell Curve, Heredity, Crossmodal
15 Oct 2016
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Intelligence capacity to understand the world, think w/ rationality, and use resources effectively when faced w/ challenges. Several children in paris were not benefitting from regular instruction at the turn of the 20th century. These children were not identified early enough to be shifted to special classes. Alfred binet was approached to devise a technique for early identification of students who might benefit from instruction outside the regular classroom. Trial-and-error process tasks that bright students completed correctly and dull students failed to complete were retained for the test. Tests that did not discriminate b/w the 2 groups were discarded. Pragmatic approach to construction of intelligence tests. Used trial-and-error approach as opposed to using theoretical preconceptions. Focus on linking intelligence and school success. His approach to test was to make intelligence and school success be virtually one and the same. Overall, tests are reasonable indicators of the degree to which students possess attributes that contribute to successful school performance.
