EESA10H3 Lecture Notes - Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Intelligence Quotient, Confirmatory Factor Analysis
1 Aug 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Intelligence => the ability to direct one"s thinking, adapt to one"s circumstances, and learn from one"s experiences. In france, psychologist alfred binet and physician theodore simon developed a test that allowed educators to develop remedial programs for those children who lagged behind there peers. Natural intelligence => was their test that measured a child"s aptitude for learning independent of the child"s prior educational achievement. Deviation iq => a statistic obtained by dividing a person"s test score by the average test score of people in the same age group and then multiplying the quotient by 100. Problem with this is that it does not allow comparisons b/w people of different ages. To solve this problem researchers compute the ratio iq for children and deviation iq for adults. Measurement requires that we generate an operational definition of the property we wish to measure.
