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PART I. PROBLEMS AND RESULTS

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CHAPTER I

The Uses of Intelligence Tests 3

  Intelligence tests of retarded school children.

  Intelligence tests of the feeble-minded.

  Intelligence tests of delinquents.

  Intelligence tests of superior children.

  Intelligence tests as a basis for grading.

  Intelligence tests for vocational fitness.

  Other uses of intelligence tests.

CHAPTER II

Sources of Error in Judging Intelligence 22

  Are intelligence tests superfluous?

  The necessity of standards.

  The intelligence of retarded children usually overestimated.

  The intelligence of superior children usually underestimated.

  Other fallacies in the estimation of intelligence.

  Binet’s questionnaire on teachers’ methods of judging intelligence.

  Binet’s experiment on how teachers test intelligence.

CHAPTER III

Description of the Binet-Simon Method 36

  Essential nature of the scale.

  How the scale was derived.

  List of tests.

  How the scale is used.

  Special characteristics of the Binet-Simon method. The use of age standards. The kind of mental functions brought into play. Binet would test “general intelligence.”

  Binet’s conception of general intelligence.

  Other conceptions of intelligence.

  Guiding principles in choice and arrangement of tests.

  Some avowed limitations of the Binet tests.

CHAPTER IV

Nature of the Stanford Revision and Extension 51

  Sources of data.

  Method of arriving at a revision.

  List of tests in the Stanford revision and extension.

  Summary of changes.

  Effects of the revision on the mental ages secured.

CHAPTER V

Analysis of one Thousand Intelligence Quotients 65

  The distribution of intelligence.

  The validity of the intelligence quotient.

  Sex differences.

  Intelligence of the different social classes.

  The relation of the I Q to the quality of the child’s school work.

  The relation between I Q and grade progress.

  Correlation between I Q and the teachers’ estimates of the children’s intelligence.

  The validity of the individual tests.

CHAPTER VI

The Significance of Various Intelligence Quotients 78

  Frequency of different degrees of intelligence.

  Classification of intelligence quotients.

  Feeble-mindedness.

  Border-line cases. Examples of border-line deficiency.

  Dull normals.

  Average intelligence.

  Superior intelligence.

  Very superior intelligence. Examples of very superior intelligence.

  Genius and “near” genius.

  Is the I Q often misleading?

CHAPTER VII

Reliability of the Binet-Simon Method 105

  General value of the method.

  Dependence of the scale’s reliability on the training of the examiner.

  Influence of the subject’s attitude.

  The influence of coaching.

  Reliability of repeated tests.

  Influence of social and educational advantages.

PART II
GUIDE FOR THE USE OF THE STANFORD
REVISION AND EXTENSION

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CHAPTER VIII

General Instructions 121

  Necessity of securing attention and effort.

  Quiet and seclusion.

  Presence of others.

  Getting into rapport.

  Keeping the child encouraged.

  The importance of tact.

  Personality of the examiner.

  The avoidance of fatigue.

  Duration of the examination.

  Desirable range of testing.

  Order of giving the tests.

  Coaxing to be avoided.

  Adhering to formula.

  Scoring.

  Recording responses.

  Scattering of successes.

  Supplementary considerations.

  Alternative tests.

  Finding mental age.

  The use of the intelligence quotient.

  How to find the I Q of adult subjects.

  Material for use in testing.

CHAPTER IX

Instructions for Year III

Pointing to parts of the body 142

Naming familiar objects 143

Enumeration of objects in pictures 145

Giving sex 146

Giving the family name 147

Repeating six to seven syllables 149

Alternative test: Repeating three digits 150

CHAPTER X

Instructions for Year IV

Comparison of lines 151

Discrimination of forms 152

Counting four pennies 154

Copying a square 155

Comprehension, first degree 157

Repeating four digits 159

Alternative test: Repeating twelve to thirteen syllables 160

CHAPTER XI

Instructions for Year V

Comparison of weights 161

Naming colors 163

Æsthetic comparison 165

Giving definitions in terms of use 167

The game of patience 169

Three commissions 172

Alternative test: Giving age 173

CHAPTER XII

Instructions for Year VI

Distinguishing right and left 175

Finding omissions in pictures 178

Counting thirteen pennies 180

Comprehension, second degree 181

Naming four coins 184

Repeating sixteen to eighteen syllables 185

Alternative test: Forenoon and afternoon 187

CHAPTER XIII

Instructions for Year VII

Giving the number of fingers 189

Description of pictures 190

Repeating five digits 193

Tying a bow-knot 196

Giving differences from memory 199

Copying a diamond 204

Alternative test 1: Naming the days of the week 205

Alternative test 2: Repeating three digits reversed 207

CHAPTER XIV

Instructions for Year VIII

The ball-and-field test 210

Counting backwards from 20 to 1 213

Comprehension, third degree 215

Giving similarities, two things 217

Giving definitions superior to use 221

Vocabulary (20 definitions, 3600 words) 224

Alternative test 1: Naming six coins 231

Alternative test 2: Writing from dictation 231

CHAPTER XV

Instructions for Year IX

Giving the date 234

Arranging five weights 236

Making change 240

Repeating four digits reversed 242

Using three words in a sentence 242

Finding rhymes 248

Alternative test 1: Naming the months 251

Alternative test 2: Counting the value of stamps 252

CHAPTER XVI

Instructions for Year X

Vocabulary (30 definitions, 5400 words) 255

Detecting absurdities 255

Drawing designs from memory 260

Reading for eight memories 262

Comprehension, fourth degree 268

Naming sixty words 272

Alternative test 1: Repeating six digits 277

Alternative test 2: Repeating twenty to twenty-two syllables 277

Alternative test 3: Healy’s Construction Puzzle A 278

CHAPTER XVII

Instructions for Year XII

Vocabulary (40 definitions, 7200 words) 281

Defining abstract words 281

The ball-and-field test (superior plan) 286

Dissected sentences 286

Interpretation of fables (score 4) 290

Repeating five digits reversed 301

Interpretation of pictures 302

Giving similarities, three things 306

CHAPTER XVIII

Instructions for Year XIV

Vocabulary (50 definitions, 9000 words) 310

Induction test: finding a rule 310

Giving differences between a president and a king 313

Problem questions 315

Arithmetical reasoning 319

Reversing hands of a clock 321

Alternative test: Repeating seven digits 322

CHAPTER XIX

Instructions for “Average Adult”

Vocabulary (65 definitions, 11,700 words) 324

Interpretation of fables (score 8) 324

Differences between abstract terms 324

Problem of the enclosed boxes 327

Repeating six digits reversed 329

Using a code 330

Alternative test 1: Repeating twenty-eight syllables 332

Alternative test 2: Comprehension of physical relations 333

CHAPTER XX

Instructions for “Superior Adult”

Vocabulary (75 definitions, 13,500 words) 338

Binet’s paper-cutting test 338

Repeating eight digits 340

Repeating thought of passage 340

Repeating seven digits reversed 345

Ingenuity test 345

SELECTED REFERENCES 349

INDEX 359

FIGURES AND DIAGRAMS

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Distribution of Mental Ages of 62 Normal Adults 55

Distribution of I Q’s of 905 Unselected Children, 5–14 Years of Age 66

Median I Q of 457 Boys and 448 Girls, for the Ages 5–14 Years 69

4 Diamond drawn by R. W.; Age 13–10; Mental Age 7–6 82

5 Writing from Dictation. R. M., Age 15; Mental Age 9 83

6 Ball and Field Test. I. M., Age 14–2; Mental Age 9 84

7 Diamond drawn by A. W. 85

8 Drawing Designs from Memory. H. S., Age 11; Mental Age 8–3 86

9 Ball and Field Test. S. F., Age 17; Mental Age 11–6 88

10 Writing from Dictation. C. P., Age 10–2; Mental Age 7–11 90

11 Ball and Field Test. M. P., Age 14; Mental Age 10–8 91

12 Ball and Field Test. R. G., Age 13–5; Mental Age 10–6 93

13 Ball and Field Test. E. B., Age 7–9; I Q 130 98

14 Ball and Field Test. F. McA., Age 10–3; Mental Age 14–6 100

15 Drawing Designs from Memory. E. M., Age 6–11; Mental Age 10, I Q 145 101

16 Ball and Field Test. B. F., Age 7–8; Mental Age 12–4; I Q 160 102

17 Healy and Fernald Construction Puzzle 279

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