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History of IQ Testing

History of IQ Testing. “One of greatest achievements….” (Hernstein, 1973) or “as one of its’ most shameful” (Kamin,1974 ). History ( based on “Validity, Vaudeville and Values”, Haney, 1981). 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s and 1950’s 1960’s 1970’s Mid 70’s to mid 80’s 1990’s and 2000+.

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History of IQ Testing

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  1. History of IQ Testing “One of greatest achievements….” (Hernstein, 1973) or “as one of its’ most shameful” (Kamin,1974 )

  2. History (based on “Validity, Vaudeville and Values”, Haney, 1981) • 1920’s • 1930’s • 1940’s and 1950’s • 1960’s • 1970’s • Mid 70’s to mid 80’s • 1990’s and 2000+

  3. Intelligence Definitions: • Considerable disagreement among psychologists as to the definition of intelligence as well as its’ nature and components. • 1921 Symposium (13 P’s -13 meanings) • Vernon (1969) 3 meanings: Innate capacity, observed behavior, results obtained on intelligence tests

  4. Definitions • A theoretical construct which was invented to account for the fact that some people learn faster than others. • Intelligence tests measures what ever test developer thinks is intelligence. • Binet, Wechsler, Sternberg, Gardner, etc.

  5. Theories Versus Conceptions and Perspectives • Global Theorists (lumpers) • Factor Analytical Theorists (splitters) • Developmental Theorists • Information Processing Theorists • Jensen-2 level theory • Implicit Versus Explicit Conceptions • Psychometric Perspective • Piagetian Perspective • Information Processing Perspective • Dynamic Perspective

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