PSYC 102 Chapter Notes -Lewis Terman, Army Alpha, Transhumanism
10 Dec 2012
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Intelligence: individual differences in the ability to acquire knowledge, to think and reason effectively, and to deal adaptively with the environment. It is a socially constructed concept, not something with a concrete existence. Sir francis galton first one to raise awareness that we can measure intelligence/mental abilities. So does a 16 years old with a ma 20. The two are comparable in intelligence even though their ages differed: today they no longer us it because it is less useful when child becomes adult. Today instead of a quotient, we base the. Iq test on persons" performance relative to the scores of other people of the same age, with 100 corresponding to the average performance of that age. Lewis terman revised test in america (standford-binet) and became gold standard for measuring mental aptitude in. Student arthur otis worked of a group administered test of intelligence and became prototype for army alpha, verbally oriented test for the army.
