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Chapter 5 - Intelligence Testing Flashcards

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1
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What was the original test of intelligence

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The Binet-Simon scale of intelligence, he believed intelligence grew with age, he developed the concept of mental age

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What is the formula for IQ

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IQ = mental age divided by current age, then multiplied by 100

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What is the average intelligence score

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100

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What were binets intentions

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Practical guide to identify children who needed more specialist education, it wasn’t to be misused

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What were the mental ages Goddard classes as idiots, imbeciles, and high grade defectives

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Idiots - mental age under 3
Imbeciles- mental age 3-7 years
High grade defectives mental age 8-12

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What was shocking about people with low mental ages

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They were prevented from breeding

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How was binets test used wrong in the US

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immigrants were seen as feeble minded as test was not suited to them

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How were immigrants mis represented in these tests

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They could not do certain tests as they didn’t speak english and may have been illiterate all together

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What happened to immigrants described as mental deficient

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Deportations for mental deficiency increased, by 350% 1913, 570% 1914 then preceding 5 years

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Which psychologist followed on from Binet in making an intelligence test

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Goddard
He was much too harsh with his scale, as he mistranslated original scale
He received much criticism

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Which psychologist from Harvard gained respect for his IQ testing

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Robert m. Yerkes
Tested 1.75m army recruits
Measured mental age of recruits, and allocated to appropriate military rank

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What 3 tests where included in yerkes IQ tests

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Alpha test- literate
Beta test - literate who failed alpha
Interview- failed beta

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What 3 topics did yerkes test include, and what did you need in order to complete it

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Problem solving
General knowledge
Maths knowledge

You will of neede an education to be able to do these tests

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What was the avearage mental age of white US males in America proposed by goddards scale

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13 years

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How were yerkes test culturally biased

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Measure familiarity with American language/ culture

Not intelligence

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How were yerkes tests not administered correctly

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Illiterate men given alpha test

Beta test still required testing of numbers

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Who did yerkes results influence social policy

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The immigration to US actin 1924, imposed quotas on groups from southern and Eastern Europe

His research lead to greater support of eugenics

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How could gallons eugenics discourage reproduction

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Genetic defects or presumed to have negative traits, these are negative eugenics

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How may galtons eugenicss encourage reproduction

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You could inherit desirable traits, this would be positive eugenicss

20
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When did the eugenics become a social popular movement

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It peaked in the 1920s and 1930s

21
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Why was carrie bucks mother institutionalised

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She was instituinonalised for prostitution and having shyplillis, to the Virginia state colony for epileptics and feeble minded

22
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When Carrie had a child in 1924 out of wedlock then instituinolanised, why ?

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Low intellect
Feeble mindedness
Declared mentally incompetent

23
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What happened to Carrie while in an institution

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A prominent euginist testified against her
The court accepted
Even with no evidence of feeble mindedness trait

24
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What happened to carries sister

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Sterilised without knowledge, she only discovered her infertility 40 years later

25
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Over how many people were sterilised in the US in the 20s and 30s

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Over 64,000 people

26
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Who were the sterilisation initially focused on

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Disabled people

27
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What did welcher believe intelligence was made up of

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Made up of specific elements which can be measured individually but are also interrelated

28
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Who were the welcher tests more suitable for

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More suitable for adults

The binet tests were more focused on children

29
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When was the welcher test originally made and when was it latest revised

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Originally 1939
Revised in 2019, in 2008 it was revised to accommodate Flynn effect
For ages 16-90

30
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What are some disadvantages with IQ testing

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Individuawith low IQ score may feel less intelligent
Originally over weighted in verbal ability
Non-verbal tests instructions given verbally
Still one result to represent all of intelligence

31
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What 3 types of tests have been developed now to test intelligence

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Psychometric tests
Personality tests
Emotional intelligence

32
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What categories to psychometrics tests asses

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Specific disposition
Personality, beliefs, values and interests

Asses ability, and attainment

33
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Application of psychometric tests

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Wide range of uses like : education, employment, research

34
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What is the basis of psychometric scoring

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Provide indication of rank order, cannot be treated mathematically
Not a percentage
Not equal interval scale

35
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What is reliability

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How accurate or precise a test score is

Repeat test several times should get similar result

36
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What is validity

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Does the test actually measure what it claims to measure

37
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Name some errors that could occur in the test of intelligence

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Font not easily readable
Language of the text
Time of day- fatigue/ room

38
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How would you reduce errors on your test

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Use of standardised instructions
Test retest- test should produce consistent results
Test the reliability coefficient

39
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What is face validity

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Does test measure what it claims to measure

40
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What is content validity

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Are items representative of overall contracts of behaviour under investigation

41
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What is criterion related validity

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How well one measure predicts another measure

42
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What is predictive validity

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Test scores used to estimate outcome measures obtained later

43
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What is concurrent validity

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Extent to which results of a test correspondent to established test of same construct

44
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Name 3 problems with psychometric testing

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Accuracy of scoring
Appropriate use of norms
Proper test use

45
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What could be considered an alternative to intelligence testing

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Look to neuroscience instead with brain scanning to look for correlations

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