38. Intelligence Tests Flashcards
intelligence tests are designed to _____________ one’s intellectual ability by designing a numerical value, and comparing to others
measure
inspired by Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory, intelligent tests began w/ ________ ________ in the late 19th C
Francis Galton
Francis attempted to find 1. ________ human subjects in feats of 2. _________ and physical by testing 10K participants
- superior
2. mental
Galton hoped to find 1. ________ humans and encourage them to 2. __________ them together but no such humans 3. _________ as results were inconsistent
- ideal
- reproduce
- existed
selective breeding
eugenics
1904, new ___________ French schools were were struggling w/ wide 2. _______ of intelligence in students, turned to 3. _______ _________
- compulsory
- range
- Alfred Binet
theorized that each student developed in a linear fashion, w/ some learning + comprehending @ diff speeds
Albert Binet
Binet created a test that assessed the students’ ______ ___
mental age
chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance
mental age
Binet intended for 1. ________ troubled children for 2. _______ attention and 3. _______ labeling + quantifying humans for 4. _______
- identifying
- focused
- feared
- intellect
expanding on Binet’s ideas and looked for genetic explanation of genetic intelligence
Lewis Terman
Terman attended _________ University
Stanford
Terman created the _______-_______ intelligence quotient (IQ) test
standard-Binet
test that divided the mental age by the chronological age and multiplied the number by 100
IQ test (Standard-Binet)
the IQ test is now measured by being 1. _______ to the 2. _____ age range
- compared
2. same
the formula worked initially, the Standard-Binet IQ test has to be 1. _______ each year to the 2. ________ year’s score due to the 3. ______ ______
- adjusted
- previous
- Flynn Effect
the tendency of (a country’s ) population’s IQ scores to rise over time [in context of when the IQ test was first introduced]
Flynn Effect
Terman also had 1. _______ ambitions, noting higher scores of 2. _______/_______ immigrants (culture in the early 3. ___ C)
- eugenic
- Western/Northern
- 20th
- _________ edu systems focus on developing 2. ________ tests
- modern
2. aptitude
tests that predict a person’s future performance
aptitude tests
the capability to learn
aptitude
what is included in aptitude testing: 1. ________ _______ and 2. _________ over current level of intelligence; measuring 3. _______, 4. ________, and 5. ________ reasoning
- problem solving
- questions
- speed
- accuracy
- inductive
who developed the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)?
David Wechsler
verbal and non-verbal performance tasks for both overall and individual intelligence factors
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)