Intelligence - Modern Intel Testing Flashcards
Purpose of the Initial Intel Testing?
It started as an educational diagnostic tool to identify which students needed extra help from teachers
Modern intel tests are assessment tools to gauge a persons intel
What do intelligence tests provide us with? And what two types are there?
They provide an intel quotient (IQ)
There are two types of IQ Scores
- MENTAL AGE
The first intel tests gauges a persons mental age DIVIDED BY their actual age (chronological age)
IQ = Mental Age / Chron Age X 100
ISSUES are, scores of IQ tests stop changing around 16 yrs of age
“Mental age” method is great for identifying the mental skills for children, not good for adults.
- DEVIATION IQ
Is the difference between your performance on an IQ test and the performance of other people the SAME AGE as you
IQ = 100 + Your Score - Age average
What are the common IQ tests for CHILDREN and ADULTS?
CHILDREN
- WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence)
- WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)
ADULTS
- WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale)
- SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
- GRE (Graduate Record Examination)
Different IQ tests are used for different people of diff ages (first 16 yrs for kids), because knowledge acquisition is very quick, so certain types of questions stop becoming meaningful metrics after specific ages for kids.
IQ tests for adults are applicable to adults of ALL age ranges
What is WPPSI?
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence
Used for children
Designed to test development of children 2.5 yrs to 7 yrs
ASSESES
- Overall IQ
- Verbal comprehension
- Perceptual Reasoning
- Memory
- Processing Speed
QUESTIONS
Symmetry, object permanence.
What is WISC?
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
Designed to test intel of children ages 6-16
Provides similar metrics to WPPSI, but content questions re different
Perceptual and motor control development tends to end around 7 yrs of age. So many useful questions on the WPPSI become uninformative of development around the age of 7
QUESTIONS
How would you portray a picture of a stickman, or the corner of a room.
What is WAIS?
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
Similar to WPPSI, and WISC, but for adults
QUESTIONS
Which 3 partials combine to form the full picture?
What is SAT?
Scholastic Aptitude Test
Is req by American students to get into US schools
Gauges Math, writing, and critical reasoning
To identify if students have necessary skills for university
Correlates with tests of general mental aptitude (g) at about r = 0.82
What is GRE
Graduate Record Examination
Required for most graduate school programs
Measures quantitive, verbal, and analytic reasoning skills
GRE VALIDITY
GRE scores correlate w first-year performance at r = .35
And correlate with faculty performance at r = .40
