PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Factor Analysis, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, The Bell Curve
4 Jun 2018
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PSYC 100 – Lecture 19
Intelligence Testing
Measuring Intelligence
• Different approaches to intelligence testing
o I & : G
▪ Anthropometrics referred to the methods of measuring physical
and mental variation in humans
o Intelligence & thinking: the Stanford-Binet test
▪ They define intelligence as the ability to think, understand, reason,
and adapt to or overcome obstacles
▪ Stanford-Binet test: a test intended to measure innate levels of
intelligence
▪ Intelligence I: y
age, and then multiplying it by 100
o Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
▪ Remains the most common intelligence test in use today for
adolescents and adults
▪ Provides a single IQ score for each test taker but also breaks
intelligence into a General Ability Index and a Cognitive Proficiency
Inex
o M
▪ An intelligence test that is based on pictures, not words, thus
making it relatively unaffected by language or cultural background
• The Chequered Past of Intelligence Testing
o IQ testing and eugenics
o Race and IQ controversy
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The Bell Curve
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