PSYC37H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Principal Component Analysis, Item Response Theory, Standard Score
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Chapter nine theories of intelligence and the binet scales. There is a correlation b/w ses background and scores on all standardized intelligence tests including stanford-binet therefore many people charged that intelligence tests are biased especially against ethnic minorities and the poor. Initially intelligence tests were developed to eliminate subjectivity in the evaluation of children"s ability: among best = s-b fifth edition. Hold that properly used intelligence tests provide an objective standard of competence and potential. Critics charge that intelligence tests are not only biased against ethnicity and economic groups but also used by those in power to maintain status quo. Initially discovered by french minister to create a procedure to identify intellectually limited individuals so they can be removed from the regular classroom to special educational experiences: forced development of modern intelligence tests and controversy. Binet defined intelligence as the capacity to: 1 find and maintain a definite direction or purpose.
