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IntelligenceAesthetic ComparisonRepeating Four Digits Reversed How The Scale Was Derived Supplementary Considerations The Use Of The Intelligence Quotient Counting Four Pennies Border-line Cases (usually Between 70 And 80 I Q) Alternative Test: Forenoon And Afternoon Effects Of The Revision On The Mental Ages Secured Superior Adult 5: Repeating Seven Digits Reversed Giving Definitions Superior To Use Defining Abstract Words Alternative Test 3: Construction Puzzle A (healy And Fernald) Copying A Square Classification Of Intelligence Quotients Naming Sixty Words Naming Familiar Objects The Ball-and-field Test (superior Plan) Scattering Of Successes Problem Questions |
Supplementary ConsiderationsIt would be a mistake to suppose that any set of mental tests could be devised which would give us complete information about a child's native intelligence. There are no tests which are absolutely pure tests of intelligence. All are influenced to a greater or less degree also by training and by social environment. For this reason, all the ascertainable facts bearing on such influences should be added to the record of the mental examination, and should be given due weight in reaching a final conclusion as to the level of intelligence. The following supplementary information should be gathered, when possible:-- 1. Social status (very superior, superior, average, inferior, or very inferior). 2. The teacher's estimate of the child's intelligence (very superior, superior, average, inferior, or very inferior). 3. School opportunities, including years of attendance, regularity, retardation or acceleration, etc. 4. Quality of school work (very superior, superior, average, inferior, or very inferior). 5. Physical handicaps, if any (adenoids, diseased tonsils, partial deafness, imperfect vision, malnutrition, etc.). In addition, the examiner will need to take account of the general attitude of the child during the examination. This is provided for in the record blanks under the heading "comments." The comments should describe as fully as possible the conduct and attitude of the child during the examination, with emphasis upon such disturbing factors as fear, timidity, unwillingness to answer, overconfidence, carelessness, lack of attention, etc. Sometimes, also, it is desirable to verify the child's age and to make record of the verification. Once more let it be urged that no degree of mechanical perfection of the tests can ever take the place of good judgment and psychological insight. Intelligence is too complicated to be weighed, like a bag of grain, by any one who can read figures. Next: Alternative Tests Previous: Scattering Of Successes
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