cognition measuring intelligence Flashcards
by some kind of test is a concept that is less than a century old.
Measurement of intelligence
Measurement of intelligence began when educators in _ realized that some students needed more help with learning than others did.
France
They thought that if a way could be found to identify these students more in need, they could be given a different kind of education than the more capable students.
Measurement of intelligence
a French psychologist named _ was asked by the French Ministry of Education to design a formal test of intelligence that would help identify children who were unable to learn as quickly or as well as others, so that they could be given remedial education.
Alfred Binet (Binet ‘s Mental Ability Test)
_ and colleague _ came up with a test that not only distinguished between fast and slow learners but also between children of different age groups as well.
Alfred Binet & Théodore Simon (Binet ‘s Mental Ability Test)
the _ learners seemed to give answers to questions that older children might give
fast learners (Binet ‘s Mental Ability Test)
_ learners gave answers that were more typical of a younger child
slow learners (Binet ‘s Mental Ability Test)
Binet decided that the key element to be tested was a child’s _ age
mental age (Binet ‘s Mental Ability Test)
the average age at which children could successfully answer a particular level of questions
mental age (Binet ‘s Mental Ability Test)
a researcher at Stanford University, adopted William Stern’s method
Lewis Terman (1916) (Stanford-Binet and IQ)
German psychologist, method for comparing mental age and chronological age for use with the translated and revised Binet test.
WILLIAM STERN (Stanford-Binet and IQ)
number of years since birth
chronological age
formula was to divide the mental age (MA) by the chronological age (CA) and multiply the result by 100 to get rid of any decimal points.
Stern’s (1912) formula (Stanford-Binet and IQ)
mental age MA/CA chronological age (100) =
intelligence quotient, or IQ (Stanford-Binet and IQ)
a number that results from dividing one number by another
quotient
_ Test is now in its fifth edition and includes different questions for people of different age groups
Stanford-Binet Test
who was the first to devise a series of tests designed for specific age groups
David Wechsler