On the influence of education on intelligence as measured by the Binet-Simon tests.

Wechsler, David

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“…So it would stand to reason that more educated people would perform better on tests of intelligence. Many psychologists disregarded Wechsler's (1926) demonstration that education influenced one's performance on the Stanford-Binet as a limitation of intelligence tests as measures of native intelligence. Today, psychologists show greater sensitivity than in previous decades to diversity on a number of dimensions, such as differences in memory as a function of culture (e.g., Cohen & Gunz, 2002), interpretation issues related to different populations (Council of National Psychological Associations, 2000), or translation of psychological tests into different languages (Rogler, 1999).…”

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“…Researchers such as Weschler (1926, 1932, 1943) noted early on the limitations of the educational view of intelligence. Nonetheless, this perspective regarding the measurement of intelligence has persisted.…”

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“…So it would stand to reason that more educated people would perform better on tests of intelligence. Many psychologists disregarded Wechsler’s (1926) demonstration that education influenced one’s performance on the Stanford-Binet as a limitation of intelligence tests as measures of native intelligence.…”

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Using History to Teach Contemporary Psychology

Beins

2011

Teaching of Psychology

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Gaining a perspective on the evolution of psychological concepts can show students the power of theory and societal perspective in shaping scientific ideas across time. In this article, the author uses two constructs, the broad concept of intelligence and the narrow concept of combat stress reaction, to illustrate how psychologists have grappled with these ideas over the past century. These examples can provide a model for using the history of psychology to explain how ideas have taken their shape. These illustrations also show the difficulty in developing ideas that are scientifically useful and that periodic changes in the conceptualization of ideas are a normal feature of a dynamic discipline.

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2011

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“…Courtis (25 and 26), after an elaborate study, concludes that the level of development is fixed by hereditary factors, while training contributes a very small amount in addition. Wechsler (141) presents coefficients of variability at various ages and argues that education is now making children more alike. Jones (65) measures the effect of age and experience on many types of intelligence test mate-rial and concludes that sentence completion, analogies, information, etc., are least affected by age and experience.…”

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Intelligence tests.

Pintner¹

1927

Psychological Bulletin

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General. Several books in the general field of mental measurement have recently appeared, the most notable of which is that by Thorndike (129). In this book we have for the first time the construction of a measuring scale of equal intervals from a defined zero, the lack of which has caused much confusion in mental measurement. In addition to this Thorndike has corrected the scores of several well-known intelligence tests, discussed in detail the distribution of intelligence ratings and the probable growth of intelligence and given the best description of intelligence with reference to such attributes as altitude, range, area, and speed. It is the most significant contribution to our subject since the work of Binet. Freeman's (43) book covers the whole range of mental tests with primary emphasis upon intelligence tests and he discusses the problems of growth, variability, and the general nature of intelligence. Claparede (23) also gives a general description of theories of intelligence, and makes a distinction between age tests and tests of aptitude. His book includes a translation of the Stanford Revision and also contains some foreign tests not well known in this country. Lincoln (77) deals primarily with educational measurement, but includes an elementary account of intelligence testing.With reference to the definition of intelligence, Warren et al. (140) give a formal definition among their list of psychological terms. Pintner (106) presents an empirical view of intelligence as an evaluation of any reaction, and discusses its bearing upon the interpretation of test results. Freeman (42) proposes a new definition. Kelley (69) discusses the possibilities of mental types which diverge from the average, and defines the characteristic of a type trait. He finds three types, the social service, the dominant, and the equilibrium types.Of historical interest we have the monograph by Martin (81) on Alfred Binet, attempting an evaluation of his life's work.The relation between speed and intelligence is discussed by Peak and Boring (100) and also by Sisk (120). The relation between 391

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“…A slightly different analysis was made by Wechsler (209), who attacked the problem of the influence of education on Binet test performance by studying the variability in mental age for successive chronological ages. Coefficients of variation for each chronological age between six years and fourteen years on Terman's and Burt's original data were compared and examined, for reliability of the differences found.…”

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Studies on environmental influences as the affect the development of intelligence.

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Heredity and Environment: Studies in the Genesis of Psychological Characteristics.

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On the influence of education on intelligence as measured by the Binet-Simon tests.

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Using History to Teach Contemporary Psychology

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