PSYC 3850 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Intellectual Disability, Apgar Score, Genetic Counseling
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Alfred binet began the serious efforts to measure intelligence in 1904. The influence of development in psychological assessment is evident far beyond the area of intellectual disabilities, and its methodology has become increasingly complex. Research on measurement of intelligence has a very long history. Efforts have been made to evaluate other areas of functioning. In some cases the development of assessment instruments has been driven by commercial motives rather than the cautious and systematic investigations of science. Instrument development has occurred at a very rapid rate, often at the expense of careful and deliberate thought about the purposes and uses of the tests. There has been a significant proliferation of psycho-educational instruments in the past 30 years. New instrumentation is being developed continually at an accelerating rate. Questions arise about the degree to of technical precision. Many instruments on the market do not give adequate attention to sound measurement practices.