EESA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, James Mckeen Cattell, Lewis Terman
14 Feb 2018
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Anthropometrics methods of measuring physical and mental variation in humans. Intelligence the ability to think, understand, reason, and adapt to or overcome obstacles. Mental age the average intellectual ability score for children of a specific age. Stanford-binet test a test intended to measure innate levels of intelligence. Intelligence quotient (iq) (cid:272)al(cid:272)ulated (cid:271)(cid:455) taki(cid:374)g a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal age, di(cid:448)idi(cid:374)g it (cid:271)(cid:455) his (cid:272)h(cid:396)o(cid:374)ologi(cid:272)al age, and then multiplying it by 100 iq=mental age/chronological age x100% Wechsler adult intelligence scale (wais) the most common intelligence test in use today. It provides a single iq score for each test taker and breaks intelligence into a general ability index (verbal c omprehension and perceptual reasoning) and cognitive proficiency index (working memory and. Raven"s progressive matrices an intelligence test that is based on pictures, not words, thus making it relatively unaffected by language or cultural background. Stereotype threat occurs when negative stereotypes about a group cause group members to underperform on ability tests.
