Below is a completed set of notes in which information has been added to the 'skeleton'.

 

History of measurement of intelligence
1. Late 19th century – meas. size of head
2. 1st. intel. test Binet-Simon (1905) (Backg'd)
(Backg'd) Binet – dissat. with 1 st method Asked by Fr. govmt. to dev. tests to spot children needing special help Interest throughout world esp. US Revised by Terman  
  3. Stanford-Binet Scale (1916) Revised by Terman & Merrill (1937,1960,1973)
  4. Wechsler-Bellevue Scale (1939) (aimed at adults, unlike previous tests)

 

 

Arguments for and against IQ testing
For Against
Extreme Modest
Int. an absolute value; uniform & unchanging 1 Not absolute; useful as general indicator to supplement other criteria 2 Higher degree of objectivity than trad'l other criteria 3 Selection a feature of society

 

 1 Tests may account for only a few types of int. 2 Cultural bias in test content 3 Results may be used as tool of discrimination  

 

We could equally well make use of a 'mind map'. In fact, this may be more useful in sorting out information which is not presented in an easily distinguishable linear form, as in the second example above. Look at the 'mind map' below of information in the above texts.

 

Extreme-

absolute value

 

Arguments

for testing

 

Measuring modest –

intelligence not absolute

objective selection

History Arguments

against

Late 19th century testing

size of head Cultural bias

 

 

1st tests

Binet-Simon (1905) Discrimination

(children)

 

 

Stanford-Binet

scale (1916) – Terman

Wechsler Bellevue

scale (1939 - adults)

Terman + Merill

revisions

(1937, 1960, 1973)