ap psych: intelligence & measurement

history: 1883

The year Alfred Binet was born, who would later develop the first practical IQ test, contributing significantly to the field of intelligence measurement.

history: 1911

The year that the first IQ test, the Binet-Simon scale, was officially introduced, marking a critical development in intelligence measurement.

history: 1916

The year the Stanford-Binet IQ test was revised and standardized by Lewis Terman, making it the first widely used intelligence test in the United States.

history: 1955

The year that David Wechsler published the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), which became a widely used standard for measuring intelligence.

eugenics

A controversial movement promoting selective breeding and sterilization aimed at improving the genetic quality of the human population, often associated with the misuse of intelligence testing in the early 20th century.

stanford binet IQ/terman’s formula

IQ = mental age/chronological age x 100

two general ways of viewing intelligence

• one overall intelligence

• multiple intelligences

who came up with the two general ways of viewing intelligence?

charles spearman

sternberg’s triarchic view of intelligence

• creative

• analytical (book smart)

• practical (street smart, common sense)