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Assessment of Intelligence

Definitions of Intelligence
• Most of us use the term intelligence in everyday language. We think
we can differentiate between highly intelligent individuals and those
at the opposite extreme. We make these lay person's differentiations
on the basis of the individuals' behaviors.
• If a person can – time after time – select an effective course of action
under difficult situations, we are apt to conclude that person is
intelligent.
Definitions of Intelligence
• The common core of peoples' beliefs about what constitutes
intelligence includes problem-solving ability, verbal ability, and social
competence.
• A survey of 661 testing experts showed almost unanimous agreement
that three attributes-abstract thinking or reasoning, the capacity to
acquire knowledge, and problem-solving ability are important
elements of intelligence (Snyderman & Rothman, 1986).
Classification of Intelligence Tests
Tests of Intelligence
1. BINET SIMON SCALE: Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales:
• IQ: mental age divided by chronological age, multiplied by 100
• Deviation IQ: comparison of the performance of individual with
performance of others of the same age in standardization
• Age Scale: grouping of items based on age
• Test Composite: combination of and/or a mathematical
transformation of one or more subtest scores
Tests of Intelligence: BINET SCALE
• Fluid Intelligence; Fluid Reasoning Novel problem solving.
• Quantitative Knowledge
• Quantitative Reasoning Knowledge
• Visual-Spatial Processing See patterns and relationships
• Short-Term Memory
• Working Memory
Tests of Intelligence: WECHSLER SCALES
• Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scales (1939)
• Explained that the Stanford-Binet was inadequate for assessing adult
intelligence
• Binet scale involved mere manipulation of words
• Instructions emphasized the speed at expense of accuracy
• Reliance on mental age is irrelevant on adult testing
WECHSLER SCALES: WAIS-R
• The first form of the Wechsler Scales, published in 1939, was known
as the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale. This scale was specifically
designed as a measure of adult intelligence.
• The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) was first
published in 1949 and was revised (WISC-R) in 1974. The original
WISC was designed for ages 5 through 15; WISC-R spans the ages 6 to
16.
• In 1955 the Wechsler-Bellevue was revised and renamed the
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. It was revised in 1981 and is
currently referred to as the WAIS-R.
WECHSLER SCALES: WAIS-R
• The WAIS-R (for ages 16 to 74) is composed of eleven subtests
grouped into two scales: Verbal and Performance. The Verbal scale
consists of six subtests: Information, Digit Span, Vocabulary,
Arithmetic, Comprehension, and Similarities. The Performance scale
subtests are Picture Completion, Picture Arrangement, Block Design,
Object Assembly, and Digit Symbol.
• The WAIS-R is considered to give a very reliable measure of adult
intelligence.
WECHSLER SCALES: WISC-R
• The WISC-R (for ages 6 through 16) follows the same format as the
WAIS-R, giving subtest scores and verbal, performance, and total IQs.
• The WISC-R contains 12 subtests. Two of these (Mazes and Digit Span)
are used only as alternates.
• The 10 commonly used subtests are Information, Similarities,
Arithmetic, Vocabulary, Comprehension (these comprise the verbal
scale), Picture Completion, Picture Arrangement, Block Design, Object
Assembly, and Coding (these make up the performance scale).
WECHSLER SCALES: WISC-R
• The norms sample for the WISC-R was stratified on age, sex, race,
geographic region, and occupation of head of household.
• Like the WAIS-R, no validity data are in the manual. The WISC-R
performance scale has been standardized for deaf children.

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