CHAPTER 9.1: Intelligence Testing

Question 1

what are some examples of intelligence tests

Answer 1

mcat, lsat, gre

Question 2

who created the idea of intelligence testing

Answer 2

sir francis galton

Question 3

what are anthropometrics

Answer 3

term refering to method of measuring physical/mental variation in humans.

done lots by galton

Question 4

how did galton perform anthropometrics

Answer 4

measured sensory abilities as indicator of intelligence (didnt work tho disproved his theory of eminence)

Question 5

what is social darwinism

Answer 5

galtons idea that white people were better and needed to give more ability to reproduce than non whites

Question 6

what is the binet simon idea of intelligence

Answer 6

intelligence is the ability to think, understand, reason and adapt

Question 7

what was binet and simons intelligence test

Answer 7

identified children who werent developing intellectual ability as well as their peers by getting them to do a series of progressively more difficult tasks.

score on this test provided their approximate mental age

Question 8

what is mental age

Answer 8

the average intellectual ability score for children of a specific age. is changeable

Question 9

how did lewis terman change the notion around intellegence

Answer 9

created the stanford-binet test which was supposed to measure innate (genetic) intelligence. set the standard for misuse of intelligence tests

Question 10

how is IQ measured?

Answer 10

(mental age / actual age ) x 100