Defining Intelligence & General Assessment
Historical Survey
Theories of Intelligence
100

True or False? There is one unifying definition of intelligence.

What is False

100

This psychologist translated the Binet-Simon Scale from French to English and standardized it with 2,000 American children

Who is Henry Goddard

100

In this theory of intelligence, g refers to the general factor, or general ability, and s refers to specific factors.

What is Spearman's two-factor theory of intelligence

200

Tests that are administered and scored in the same way for everyone.

What are standardized tests.

200

These two French individuals (one a psychologist, one a physician) developed the first IQ test in 1905 as a way to identify school-aged children with cognitive disabilities (MR)

Who are Binet and Simon

200

CHC is an abreviation for what model of intelligence?

What is the Cattell-Horn-Carroll model of intelligence

300

Assessment, including cognitive assessment, falls under this domain in the NASP practice model.

What is Domain 1: Data-Based Decision Making.

300

This nonverbal intelligence test was used to evaluate military recruits during World War 1.

What is Army Beta

300

This type of intelligence refers to acquired skills and knowledge and is dependent on culture.

What is crystallized intelligence.

400
In 1987, experts in the fields of psychology, education, sociology, and genetics rated this behavioral description of intelligence as most important

What is abstract thinking or reasoning

400

This psychologist developed the WISC, WAIS, and WPPSI

Who is Wechsler

400

This camp of factor analytic theories of intelligence maintains that intelligence is made up of a number of independent abilities (there is no "g" factor)

What is the Multifactor Theory of Intelligance

500

True or False? Views of intelligence vary across cultures

What is True

500

True or False: Historically, IQ tests have been used in discriminatory ways and to evaluate constructs other than general intelligence.

What is True

500

The three levels of Carroll's Three-Stratum Factor Analytic Theory of Cognitive Abilities

What are Narrow (stratum I), Broad (stratum II), and General (stratum III)

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