Alfred Binet developed the first intelligence test in 1904 (for what purpose?)
Original formula for calculating IQ
(Why would this formula underestimate the intelligence of older children?)
Normal distribution – Bell-shaped curve describing the spread of a characteristic throughout a population
Normal range – Scores falling in (approximately) the middle two-thirds of a normal distribution
Mental retardation –Often conceived as representing the lower 2% of the IQ range
Giftedness –Often conceived as representing the upper 2% of the IQ range
Savant syndrome: can be seen in individuals who have a remarkable talent in one area, while often mentally slow in others
Spearman's "g" (general intelligence)
Sternberg's Triarchic Theory
- Practical Intelligence
- Logical Reasoning
- Experiential Intelligence
- Linguistic
- Logical-mathematical
- Spacial
- Musical
- Bodily-kinesthetic
- Interpersonal
- Intrapersonal
Eugenics: a philosophy and a political movement that encouraged biologically superior people to intervreed and sought to discourage biologically inferior people from having offspring
Black Intelligence Test of Cultural Homogeneity
