PSYC37H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Standard Score, Standard Deviation, Block Design
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Wechsler: human intellect influenced by nonintellectual factors- where intelligence was capacity to act purposefully. Wechsler intellect scales: just 2 years after the binet"s scales monumental 1937 revision, the. Wechsler-bellevue (poorly standardized and normative sample consisted of a misrepresentative sample) intelligence scale challenged its supremacy as a measure of human intellect. W: use of point scale rather than age scale and inclusion of non-verbal performance scale. Wais today most commonly administered psychological test. Wechsler objected to its single score offered by 1937 binet. Consist of tasks that require subject to do something, binet scales performances tasks. Use of point scale concept grouped similar content together. Performance scale: used to measure nonverbal intellect on wechsler"s scale concentrated on younger age levels, and wechsler first to compare verbal and nonverbal intellect and attempts to overcome biases caused by language, culture and education. Wais-iv: index is created when 2 or more subsets are related to basic underlying skill.
