PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 30: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Lewis Terman, David Wechsler

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Intelligence test: a method for assessing an individual"s mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores. Achievement test: a test designed to assess what a person has learned (exam) Aptitude test: a test designed to assess a person"s future performance or ability to learn (college entrance test) which is basically an intelligence test. Early & modern tests of mental abilities. Reaction time, sensory acuity, muscular power, body proportions. He believed in the inheritance of genius & nature/nurture concept. Binet & simon wanted to measure slow/fast learners to sort into classes. Assumed all children follow the same course of intellectual development but some develop more rapidly. Improve children"s education but label them & limit their opportunities. Stanford-binet: the widely used american revision of binet"s original intelligence test. Intelligence quotient (iq): ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100.