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Who was hired by the French school system in 1904 to identify children with "special needs" for extra attention?

• Sigmund Freud

• Jean Piaget

• Alfred Binet

• B.F. Skinner

What does "mental age" in the Binet-Simon Scales refer to?

• The age at which a person's mental capacity stops growing

• The chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance

• The age at which a person is first able to perform mental arithmetic

• The number of years a person has been in formal education

What is the Stanford-Binet test?

• A) A test for measuring height and weight

• B) A language-based intelligence test

• C) A physical fitness test

• D) A test for artistic ability

The Stanford-Binet is a revision of whose original test?

• A) Terman's original test

• B) Piaget's original test

• C) Binet's original test

• D) Wechsler's original test

What does IQ stand for?

• Inquisitive Quotient

• Intelligence Quotient

• Intuitive Quotient

• Integral Quotient

How is IQ calculated according to the formula provided?

• IQ = (chronological age / mental age) x 100

• IQ = (mental age + chronological age) x 100

• IQ = (mental age / chronological age) x 100

• IQ = (mental age - chronological age) x 100

What is the purpose of an Achievement Test?

• To assess a person's natural abilities

• To assess what a person has learned

• To predict a person's future performance

• To compare a person's abilities with others

What is the primary purpose of an aptitude test?

• To assess a person's past academic performance

• To predict a person's future performance

• To evaluate a person's physical abilities

• To measure a person's memory capacity

What are the two scales that the WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale) consists of?

• Emotional and logical scales

• Verbal and mathematical scales

• Verbal and performance scales

• Cognitive and physical scales

What does standardization refer to in the context of testing procedures?

• The process of grading tests based on a curve

• The method of creating different tests for each individual

• Defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group

• The practice of changing testing procedures frequently to improve outcomes