Sunday 3 June 2012

Intelligence Testing

Intelligence tests are measures designed to assess the level of cognitive capabilities of an individual compared to other people in a population

Alfred Binet developed the first intelligence test to identify children performing in school at a level below that of their age peers

James Wilson-Miller (1982) created the Koori IQ test to show the cultural bias in typical IQ tests held in the education system

Terman brought intelligence testing to North America, adapted the concept of intelligence quotient (IQ) and expanded the meaning of the IQ from a predictor of school success to a broader index of intellectual ability

IQ = (MA/CA) x 100


Raven's Progressive Matrices can be used when looking at non-verbal cognitive skills

James Flynn found that each generation has a higher IQ than the last

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