History Of Intelligence Testing Flashcards
When did they create MRI testing equipment?
1980
When did they create FMRI scanners?
1990
When was the Binet Simon scale first created and by who, why
Alfred Binet, Theodore Simon- 1904 at the request of the French government as they were looking for a way to measure the intelligence of children and identify those who may have been learning disabled.
Who translated the Binet Simon scale to English? When?
Henry Goddard, Lewis terman, Robert yerkes 1908.
When was the American psychology society created?
1892
When was the First World War?
1914-1918
Who lead the screening of the immigrants on Ellis island? What year? What was the reason for screening?
1913 Howard Knox to identify the mentally unfit and prevent them from crossing over into America.
When was the British psychological society founded?
October 1901
In what year did Charles spearman introduce the idea of general intelligence?
1904
Who created the Stanford Binet test?
1916 Lewis terman who continued on the work from Binet Simon test
Who decided to help with army recruitment selection, when and how?
Robert yerkes in 1917 as he wanted to identify who was mentally fit enough to be out in the field. He did this by mass testing them, this is the first big mass testing since Ellis island.
What tests did Robert yerkes give the army recruits?
Alpha and beta tests
Who created the raven progressive matrixes and when
1938, John c raven
What year was the wechsler adult intelligence scale released and by who
David wechsler 1955
Who is referenced as having a part in the army recruitment programme?
Robert yerkes, Lewis terman, Henry Goddard and David wechsler
Who proposed the difference between fluid and crystallised intelligence and what year?
Raymond Catell in 1971
Definitions of fluid and crystallised intelligence
Fluid intelligence refers to the ability to think logically and solve problems independent of acquired knowledge. Crystallised intelligence refers to the ability to apply acquired skills, knowledge to new situations.
Who coined the term emotional intelligence and when?
John d Mayer and Peter salovey 1990
When was the twin study carried out and who led it?
Robert plomin 1994-1996
When was the Mayer salovey Caruso emotional intelligence scale first released?
2002
Who opened the anthropometric lab in London and when?
1884 and sir Francis Galton
What is psychoanalysis
The approach within psychology that explores the way human behaviour and thinking is influenced by unconscious processes.
