PSYO 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Louis Leon Thurstone, Smart People
12 Jan 2017
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Henry goddard: preformed intelligence tests on immigrants arriving at ellis island. Concluded that jews, hungarians, italians, and russians were feebleminded. The us the passed laws restricting the immigration of people from southern and eastern europe. Intelligence tests discriminates people of different races, religions, and nationalities. Although, originally thought to help underprivileged children succeed in school. Got called to make a test to develop a program to decide what class children should be in. Logic problems, remembering words, copying pictures, distinguishing foods, making rhymes, answering questions. Measured a child"s aptitude for learning independent of the child"s prior educational achievement. To determine if a child is developing properly compare mental age to physical age. Ratio iq: is a statistic obtained by dividing a person"s mental age by the persons physical age and then multiplying the quotient by 100 (10/10) x 100=100. Ten year old who"s score was the same as a 10 year old would be.
