PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: David Wechsler, Lewis Terman, Normal Distribution
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Most research aims to understand the average human . Why and how some humans differ from others focus on nomothetic research individual differences. Ability to measure intelligence might be beneficial in a number of ways also controversial: benefit: allows you to assess whether certain, controversy: sterilization based on iq score educational approaches lead to higher level of success. Psychologist"s define intelligence testing as a method for assessing an individual"s mental aptitudes and comparing them with others using numerical scores. Alongside theodore simon practices modern form of intelligence testing by developing questions that would predict children"s future progress in the paris school system. Adapted binet"s tests for american school children and named the test the stanford-binet test. Quotient (iq), introduced by william stern: iq=mental age/chronological age x100. Wechsler adult intelligence scale (wais) and the wechsler. Intelligence scale for children (wisc) intelligence test for school aged children.
