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  • Score On An Intelligence Test
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    'The score on an intelligence test does predict one's ability to handle school subjects, though it foretells little of success later in life. ' (Gardner) Intelligence by definition is the capacity to understand and apply knowledge. Honestly, how can that be tested? What happens if the test taker is sick or he / she is answering the questions stupidly for some odd reason? There is too much esteem behind this test; it should have no bearing other than a predicting tool. Not the scale that one must...
  • Existence Of Multiple Intelligences
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    At the current time, there are conflicting views on the exact definition of intelligence. Some say that intelligence is the knowledge of concrete facts and trivia, while others contend that intelligence is the ability to think critically and reasonably. Other people assert that intelligence is not the knowledge one learns through formal education, but from life experience and lessons given by elders, in other words street sense. Joseph Walters, in his essay A Rounded Version: A Theory of Multipl...
  • Alpha And Beta Test Total
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    The first mental tests designed to be used for mass, group testing were developed by psychologists for the U.S. Army in 1917-1918. The group tests were modeled after intelligence tests designed for individual use in one-on-one assessment. In developing the mental tests, the psychologists subscribed to the position that one could be quite intelligent, but illiterate or not proficient in the English language. Based on this reasoning, two major tests were developed, the Army Alpha for literate grou...
  • Person's Score On An Intelligence Test
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    1. Intelligence Quotient - Intelligences quotient is an index of intelligence once calculated by dividing one's tested mental age by one's chronological age and multiplying by 100. Today, IQ is a number that reflects the degree to which a person's score on an intelligence test deviates from the average score of others in his of her age group. 2. Verbal Scale - Verbal scale is six sub tests in the Wechsler scales that measure verbal skills as part of a measure of overall intelligence. 3. Performa...
  • One Intelligence Test Measures
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    INTRODUCTION: In 1917, as the United States mobilized its vast resources for the war against Germany, Professor Lewis Terman of Stanford University traveled east to meet with a group of prominent psychologists. Terman was an expert on intelligence testing, for he had pioneered the application of a French Intelligence test (developed by Alfred Binet) in the U.S. Terman, a devoted member of the Stanford University faculty, called his test the Stanford- Binet, and it was widely used in clinical set...
  • Its History The Turing Test
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    One of the hottest topics that modern science has been focusing on for a long time is the field of artificial intelligence, the study of intelligence in machines or, according to Minsky, "the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men". (qt d in Copeland 1). Artificial Intelligence has a lot of applications and is used in many areas. "We often don't notice it but AI is all around us. It is present in computer games, in the cruise control in our cars and t...
  • Intelligence Test
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    The task of trying to quantify a person's intelligence has been a goal of psychologists since before the beginning of this century. The Binet-Simon scales were first proposed in 1905 in Paris, France and various sorts of tests have been evolving ever since. One of the important questions that always comes up regarding these tools is what are the tests really measuring? Are they measuring a person's intelligence? Their ability to perform well on standardized tests? Or just some arbitrary quantity...
  • Ones Intelligence With A Test
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    Intelligence: A Product of Social Construction Since the development of the intelligence quotient, schools in every part of the world have been using the IQ test to categorize millions of students into three groups. These three groups, which are the gifted, the average, and the retarded, are falsifications that perpetuate in our world culture and cause many gifted students to be deemed retarded and vice a versa. Why then is the IQ test so heavily relied on in our school systems? For schools the ...
  • Tests In The Term Intelligence Test
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    INTELLIGENCE TESTS It's a sad but true fact that people are constantly being measured and tested everyday. This testing is not necessarily for themselves, but for others to rate and categorize the subjected. That person is then placed and stereotyped based on the result of a test. This is unfair. However, unfair as it may be, it is still a reality today that everyone encounters during their lifetime. The job market uses tests to see where people will fit in the most with what company. Colleges u...
  • Gardner's Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
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    There are basically two camps on the theory of intelligence, how exactly to define intelligence is still debated. There are, however, two major schools of thought on its nature and properties. This paper examines and evaluates the two opposing theories on the nature of intelligence. The two opposing theories of intelligence are the one general intelligence school of thought and the multiple intelligences school of thought. The general intelligence proponents believe that there is one factor from...
  • Psychometric Test Of Intelligence
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    In reviewing the text, I found the definition of intelligence testing to be very simple; testing used to measure intelligence. Two definitions found on an Internet site at dictionary. com are: (a) A standardized test used to establish an intelligence level rating by measuring a subject's ability to form concepts, solve problems, acquire information, reason, and perform other intellectual operations. (b) A psychometric test of intelligence; "they used to think that intelligence is what an intelli...
  • Intelligence Test
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    Why IQ tests don't test intelligence The task of trying to quantify a person's intelligence has been a goal of psychologists since before the beginning of this century. The Binet-Simon scales were first proposed in 1905 in Paris, France and various sorts of tests have been evolving ever since. One of the important questions that always comes up regarding these tools is what are the tests really measuring Are they measuring a person's intelligence Their ability to perform well on standardized tes...
  • Individual Intelligence By Test
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    Are people who get good grades and / or who get high scores on tests more intelligent than those who do not Can we just distinguish people who get good grades and / or high scores on tests are more intelligent than those who do not get good grades I firmly believe that it is not fair to judge people who get good grades are more intelligent than those who do not. Test scores are not a fair judgment to distinguish one's intelligence. Test scores can not show the actual intelligence of an individua...
  • Level Of Intelligence And Common Sense
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    Many times in our society intelligence is judged by test scores, careers, and success. Although these methods of measuring intelligence are not always accurate they are still used. IQ tests are given to people and the scores on these tests are supposed to reflect the level of intelligence a person has. What makes these tests so accurate What about intelligent people who do not take tests well They may become nervous and may not work well under pressure. I believe there are many forms of intellig...
  • 2001 The Seven Intelligences Society
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    Charles Huang Writing 50 5-650 April 16, 2001 The Seven Intelligences Society has taught us to see education and intelligence in a very black and white perspective. In school, students learn Mathematics, English, and History; they also learn that in order to be intelligent, they must excel in all of those aspects taught in school. Many aptitude tests such as the Student Aptitude Test or the Stanford Nine Test gear towards certain subjects to attempt to measure ones intelligence. But is there rea...
  • Test Intelligence
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    Intelligence is a word that describes the ability of an individual to perform desired tasks well. Over the years many people have come up with their own idea of what intelligence is, based on what they feel is important. It has been a trend in the past for people to think that intelligence is correlated to academic achievement. That is, the ability to perform well at linguistics, mathematics, logics and other school-based forms of intelligence as discussed in class. Recently there has been a swi...
  • Their Emotional Intelligence From Twelve Questions
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    Emotional intelligence refers to a combination of skills including, empathy, self-control, self-awareness, sensitivity, and self-motivation. There are many tests done to see if a person has a high emotional intelligence. What is emotional intelligence used for? I think it is used for a lot of things and it is also good to have emotional intelligence. If you have bad emotional intelligence you can lose your temper easily or become sad. This can lead to eating disorders, violent crimes, and early ...
  • Different Perspectives Of An Intelligent Person
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    How smart are you? What really determines your intelligence? and How is it evaluated? Before any of these questions could be answered, intelligence should be able to be defined. The definition of "intelligence", according to the Webster's Dictionary is the ability to perceive logical relationships and use one's knowledge to solve problems and respond appropriately to novel situations. This of course is just one concept of what intelligence is. The topic of intelligence has been an area that has ...
  • Beginning With The Standardized Test
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    The field of intelligence testing has been in development for nearly a century. As there appears to be no hard and fast definition of intelligence, individual researchers have focused on developing tests to measure various components of intelligence according to their own personal interests. One such example is "the Flynn Effect", James R. Flynn's discovery that "IQ scores increased from one generation to the next for all countries for which data existed" (Flynn, 1994). Beginning with the standa...
  • Social Construction Of Intelligence
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    Advances In Artificial Intelligence Advances In Artificial Intelligence Essay, Research Paper Advances in AI With advances in technology many researchers have become captivated with the pursuit of Artificial Intelligence. Numerous fields of study have tried to contribute their knowledge in order to create intelligence. However, years of research have thus far been unable to create human intelligence. The endeavour seems doomed to fail, for a century of thought which has tried to simply define in...

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