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.

CHAPTERII

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.

CHAPTERIII

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.

CHAPTERIV

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.

CHAPTERV

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 IQ to the quality of the child’s school work.
• The relation between IQ and grade progress.
• Correlation between IQ and the teachers’ estimates of the children’s intelligence.
• The validity of the individual tests.

CHAPTERVI

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 IQ often misleading?

CHAPTERVII

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.

PARTII
GUIDE FOR THE USE OF THE STANFORD
REVISION AND EXTENSION

CHAPTERVIII

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 IQ of adult subjects.
• Material for use in testing.

CHAPTERIX

Instructions for YearIII

1. Pointing to parts of the body 142
2. Naming familiar objects 143
3. Enumeration of objects in pictures 145
4. Giving sex 146
5. Giving the family name 147
6. Repeating six to seven syllables 149
7. Alternative test: Repeating three digits 150

CHAPTERX

Instructions for YearIV

1. Comparison of lines 151
2. Discrimination of forms 152
3. Counting four pennies 154
4. Copying a square 155
5. Comprehension, first degree 157
6. Repeating four digits 159
7. Alternative test: Repeating twelve to thirteen syllables 160

CHAPTERXI

Instructions for YearV

1. Comparison of weights 161
2. Naming colors 163
3. Æsthetic comparison 165
4. Giving definitions in terms of use 167
5. The game of patience 169
6. Three commissions 172
7. Alternative test: Giving age 173

CHAPTERXII

Instructions for YearVI

1. Distinguishing right and left 175
2. Finding omissions in pictures 178
3. Counting thirteen pennies 180
4. Comprehension, second degree 181
5. Naming four coins 184
6. Repeating sixteen to eighteen syllables 185
7. Alternative test: Forenoon and afternoon 187

CHAPTERXIII

Instructions for YearVII

1. Giving the number of fingers 189
2. Description of pictures 190
3. Repeating five digits 193
4. Tying a bow-knot 196
5. Giving differences from memory 199
6. Copying a diamond 204
7. Alternative test1: Naming the days of the week 205
8. Alternative test2: Repeating three digits reversed 207

CHAPTERXIV

Instructions for YearVIII

1. The ball-and-field test 210
2. Counting backwards from 20to1 213
3. Comprehension, third degree 215
4. Giving similarities, two things 217
5. Giving definitions superior to use 221
6. Vocabulary (20definitions, 3600words) 224
7. Alternative test1: Naming six coins 231
8. Alternative test2: Writing from dictation 231

CHAPTERXV

Instructions for YearIX

1. Giving the date 234
2. Arranging five weights 236
3. Making change 240
4. Repeating four digits reversed 242
5. Using three words in a sentence 242
6. Finding rhymes 248
7. Alternative test1: Naming the months 251
8. Alternative test2: Counting the value of stamps 252

CHAPTERXVI

Instructions for YearX

1. Vocabulary (30definitions, 5400words) 255
2. Detecting absurdities 255
3. Drawing designs from memory 260
4. Reading for eight memories 262
5. Comprehension, fourth degree 268
6. Naming sixty words 272
7. Alternative test1: Repeating six digits 277
8. Alternative test2: Repeating twenty to twenty-two syllables 277
9. Alternative test3: Healy’s Construction Puzzle A 278

CHAPTERXVII

Instructions for YearXII

1. Vocabulary (40definitions, 7200words) 281
2. Defining abstract words 281
3. The ball-and-field test (superior plan) 286
4. Dissected sentences 286
5. Interpretation of fables (score4) 290
6. Repeating five digits reversed 301
7. Interpretation of pictures 302
8. Giving similarities, three things 306

CHAPTERXVIII

Instructions for YearXIV

1. Vocabulary (50definitions, 9000words) 310
2. Induction test: finding a rule 310
3. Giving differences between a president and a king 313
4. Problem questions 315
5. Arithmetical reasoning 319
6. Reversing hands of a clock 321
7. Alternative test: Repeating seven digits 322

CHAPTERXIX

Instructions for “Average Adult”

1. Vocabulary (65definitions, 11,700words) 324
2. Interpretation of fables (score 8) 324
3. Differences between abstract terms 324
4. Problem of the enclosed boxes 327
5. Repeating six digits reversed 329
6. Using a code 330
7. Alternative test1: Repeating twenty-eight syllables 332
8. Alternative test2: Comprehension of physical relations 333

CHAPTERXX

Instructions for “Superior Adult”

1. Vocabulary (75definitions, 13,500words) 338
2. Binet’s paper-cutting test 338
3. Repeating eight digits 340
4. Repeating thought of passage 340
5. Repeating seven digits reversed 345
6. Ingenuity test 345

SELECTED REFERENCES 349

INDEX 359