This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...and others handicapped by illiteracy. It was agreed, therefore, that the methods of individual examination should be worked out with special reference to subnormals, supernormals, foreigners, and psychotics. Tentatively, Yerkes, Goddard, and Haines were charged with the formulation of tests for illiterates and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...and others handicapped by illiteracy. It was agreed, therefore, that the methods of individual examination should be worked out with special reference to subnormals, supernormals, foreigners, and psychotics. Tentatively, Yerkes, Goddard, and Haines were charged with the formulation of tests for illiterates and psychotics; Whipple and Bingham, for superiors; and Wells and Terman, for subnormals. As it worked out, however, the contributions of the various members were not governed to any great extent by these assignments. The question may be raised why the committee did not adopt one or more of the standardized intelligence scales in current use instead of undertaking the preparation of new methods. Perhaps the wisdom of the committee's decision is open to question in view of the fact that the methods prepared at this time were soon abandoned in favor of the Yerkes-Bridges point scale and the Stanford-Binet scale. Among the considerations which influenced the committee were the following: (1) That current scales were not sufficiently " coach-proof"; (2) that new sets of tests could probably be devised which would give a larger variety for choice and render the method of individual examination more flexible than current methods and more readily adaptable to particular types of subjects; (3) that new tests would escape the prejudice entertained by many against the intelligence scales in general use. Before undertaking to make a selection of tests it was agreed that the tests chosen should satisfy the following criteria: (1) They should be valid measures of intelligence; (2) reasonably "coach-proof"; (3) not too susceptible to practice effects; (4) unfavorable to malingering; (5) interesting; (6) with responses unambiguous, definite and easil...
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