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The measurement of intelligence

Part 2 — INDEX

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Abstract thought, tests of, 344.

Absurdities, 255 ff.

Adolescence, and variability in intelligence, 67.

Adult intelligence, 54.

Adults, how to find I Q of adults, 140.

Æsthetic comparison, 165 ff.

Age, test of giving age, 173 ff.

Age standards, 40.

Alternative tests, 136.

Amateur testing, 107 ff.

Apperception, 169.

Arithmetical reasoning, 319 ff.

Association processes, 274.

Attention, during the test, 121.

Attitude of the subject, 109.

Auto-criticism, 156, 171, 195.

Average intelligence, 94 ff.

Ball and field test, 210 ff., 286.

Berry, C. S., 114.

Binet, on how teachers judge intelligence, 28 ff.; Binet’s conception of intelligence, 44 ff., 123, 149, 151, 154, 156, 159, 165, 171, 173, 180, 181, 183, 185, 186, 190, 196, 203, 205, 217, 231, 232, 234, 247, 251, 252, 254, 258, 260, 261, 264, 276, 285, 289, 315, 322, 327, 333, 339, 345.

Binet-Simon method, nature and derivation of the scale, 36 ff., 47 ff.; limitations of, 48 ff.

Bloch, 203.

Bluemel, C. S., 107.

Bobertag, Otto, 106, 113, 176, 178, 180, 181, 185, 188, 190, 203, 206, 232, 237, 240, 252, 275, 285, 318.

Borderline intelligence, 79, 87 ff.

Bow-knot, test of tying, 196 ff.

Brigham, 165, 166.

Change, test of making change, 240 ff.

Childs, H. G., 231, 298.

Coaching, 110 ff.

Code test, 330 ff.

Color naming, 163 ff.

Combination method, 171. See also Completion test.

Commissions, 172 ff.

Comparison of lines, 151 ff.

Completion test, 179, 246, 289.

Comprehension questions, 157 ff., 181 ff., 215 ff., 268 ff.

Conditions favorable to testing, 121 ff.

Counting, four pennies, 154; thirteen pennies, 180; counting backwards, 213.

Crime, relation to feeble-mindedness, 8 ff.; cost of, 12.

Cuneo, Irene, 51.

Davenport, C. B., 10.

Definitions, in terms of use, 167; superior to use, 221; of abstract words, 281 ff., and 324 ff. See also Vocabulary tests.

“Degenerate” families, 9 ff.

Delinquency, relation to feeble-mindedness, 7 ff.

Diamond, test of copying diamond, 204.

Differences, test of finding, 199, 313 ff.

Digits. See Memory for digits.

Discrimination of forms, 152 ff.

Dissected sentences, 286 ff.

Distribution of intelligence, 65 ff., 78 ff.

Dougherty, 165, 166, 203.

Drawing, 156, 204, 260.

Dull normals, 92 ff.

Dumville, 165, 166.

Ebbinghaus, 289, 318.

Emotion, 49.

Enclosed boxes, 327 ff.

Endowment, 4, 19 ff.

Environment, influence on test, 114 ff.

Eugenics, 9 ff.

Examination, duration of, 127 ff.

Examiner, qualifications of, 124 ff.

Fables, interpretation of, 290 ff.

Fatigue, influence of, on test, 126 ff.

Feeble-minded, proportion of school-children feeble-minded, 6.

Feeble-mindedness, value of tests for, 5 ff.; psychological analysis, 23; definition, 80; examples, 82 ff.

Fernald, G. G., 8.

Fernald, Grace, 56, 278, 280, 332.

Fingers, test of giving number of, 189 ff.

Freeman, Frank N., 280.

Functions, tested by Binet scale, 42 ff.

Galbreath, Neva, 51.

Galton, 328.

General intelligence, 42 ff.

Generalization, tests of, 298.

Genius. See Superior intelligence.

Goddard, H. H., 8, 106, 112, 154, 156, 165, 173, 185, 190, 196, 203, 206, 213, 234, 245, 251, 252, 259, 264, 276, 285, 289, 319, 322, 323, 332, 333, 339, 345.

Grading, value of intelligence tests in, 16.

Hall, Gertrude, 280.

Healy-Fernald, 56, 278, 280, 332.

Heredity, use of tests in the study of, 19.

Hill folk, 10.

Hollingworth, Leta S., 71.

Huey, E. B., 197, 217, 234.

Imagery, 195, 209, 321, 339.

Induction test, 310 ff.

Ingenuity test, 346.

Intelligence, analysis of, see remarks under instructions for each test; superior, 12 ff., 95 ff., teachers’ estimates of, 13, 24, 26, 28, 75; general, 42 ff.; definitions of, 44 ff.

Intelligence quotient, 53, 55, 63, 65 ff.; validity of, 68; classification and significance, 79 ff., 140 ff.

Jukes family, 10.

Kallikak family, 9.

Knollin, H. E., 18, 51, 54, 63.

Kohs, S. C., 107 ff.

Kuhlmann, F., 56, 105, 153, 154, 156, 165, 173, 185, 190, 193, 196, 206, 214, 217, 234, 247, 251, 252, 259, 264, 276, 280, 285, 289, 315, 319, 322, 323, 327, 333, 339, 345.

Language comprehension, 143, 144.

Limitations of the Binet scale, 48 ff.

Lombroso, 7.

Lyman, Grace, 51.

Mason, Otis, 347.

Masselon, 245.

Material used in the tests, 141.

Memory, for sentences, 149 ff., 160, 185, 332; for passages, 340; for designs, 260; for digits, 150, 159, 193, 207, 242, 277, 301, 322, 329, 340, 345.

Mental age, 39 ff.; effect of Stanford revision on, 62; how to calculate, 137 ff.

Mental deficiency. See Feeble-mindedness.

Meumann, Ernst, 46, 106, 245, 318.

Moral development, dependence of, on intelligence, 11 ff.

Nam family, 10.

Name, test of giving name, 147 ff.

Naming coins, 184 ff., 231.

Naming familiar objects, 143 ff.

Normals, dull, 92 ff.

Ordahl, Dr. George, 8.

Ordahl, Louise Ellison, 8.

Paper-cutting test, 338.

Physical defects, effects of, on intelligence, 19.

Physical relations, comprehension of, 333 ff.

Physicians, as Binet testers, 34.

Pictures, enumeration of objects in, 145; description of, 190 ff.; interpretation of, 302; finding omissions in, 178.

Pointing to parts of body, 142 ff.

Practical judgment, 212.

President and king, giving differences between, 313.

Problem questions, 315 ff.

Procedure, necessity of uniformity in, 32 ff., 131 ff.

Promotions, on basis of intelligence tests, 16 ff.

Race differences, 91.

Range of testing, 129.

Rapport, 124 ff.

Reading, test of reading for memories, 262.

Record booklet, 128.

Recording responses, 133 ff.

Reliability of the scale, 76 ff., 105 ff.

Repeated tests, 112 ff.

Retardation, cost of, 1, 13 ff.; training of retarded children, 4 ff., 24 ff., 73 ff.

Reversing hands of clock, 321 ff.

Rhymes, test of finding, 248.

Right and left, 175 ff.

Rowe, E. P., 165, 166, 277.

Rowland, Eleanor, 18.

Scattering of successes, 134 ff.

School success and intelligence, 73 ff.

Scoring, 132. See also instructions for scoring each test.

Seclusion during test, 122.

Sex, test of giving, 146 ff.

Sex differences in intelligence, 68 ff.

Similarities, test of finding, 217 ff., 306 ff.

Sixty words, 272 ff.

Social class and intelligence, 72 ff., 114 ff.

Spearman, C., definition of intelligence, 46.

Special classes, 5.

Square, test of copying, 155 ff.

Stamps, test of counting value of, 252.

Standardization, value of, 30.

Stanford revision of the Binet scale, 51 ff.

Stereotypy, 203.

Stern, W., 46, 106, 118.

Stigmata, 7.

Structural psychology, 43.

Superior intelligence, tests of superior children, 12 ff., 95 ff.

Supplementary information, 135.

Teachers’ estimates of intelligence, 13, 24, 26, 28, 75.

Terman, Lewis M., 63, 267, 298.

Three words, test of using, in a sentence, 242 ff.

Time orientation, forenoon and afternoon, 187 ff.; days of the week, 205 ff.; giving date, 234 ff.; naming months, 251 ff.

Unemployment, relation of, to intelligence, 18.

Validity of the tests, 76 ff.

Vocabulary tests, 224, 255, 281, 310, 324, 338.

Vocational guidance, use of intelligence tests in, 17, 49.

Volition, 49.

Waddle, Charles, 52.

Wallin, 237.

Weights, comparison of, 161, 236 ff.

Williams, Dr. J. Harold, 9, 54.

Winch, W. H., 165, 166.

Writing from dictation, 231 ff.

Yerkes, R. M., 70.

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