PSYA01H3 Chapter 9: Chapter 9
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Leilani muir had her fallopian tubes destroyed without her knowledge because of a low iq (intelligence quotient) score (below the age average) Intelligence: the ability to think, understand, reason, and adapt to or overcome obstacles. 1904: binet and theodore simon hired to develop a test to measure intelligence: a way of identifying retarded children, identified 30 tasks ranging from easiest to hardest. Lewis terman- stanford university: adapted test for american students. Standford-binet test: a test intended to measure innate levels of intelligence. Differed from binet"s view: measure of mental age not innate capacity. William stem came with concept of iq: iq: calculated by taking a person"s mental age, dividing it by chronological age, then multiplying by 100. Mental and chronological age same: iq score 100. Binet and stern"s iq test didn"t work on adults. Used deviation iq to calculate iq of adults: comparing test scores to others score of the same age.
