History of IQ Testing: Mental Age and IQ

Who was asked to identify students needing educational assistance, leading to the creation of the first IQ test?

• Alfred Binet

• Sir Francis Galton

• Lewis Terman

• David Wechsler

What concept did Alfred Binet introduce based on his observation of children's abilities on his test?

• Sensorimotor tasks

• Perceptual reasoning

• Mental age

• Chronological age

Which test is known as the American revision of Binet's original intelligence test?

• Binet-Simon Scale

• Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

• Army Alpha and Beta Tests

How is the IQ score calculated according to the Stanford-Binet intelligence test?

• (Mental age ÷ Chronological age) x 100

• Chronological age - Mental age

• (Chronological age ÷ Mental age) x 100

• Mental age + Chronological age

What did Alfred Binet believe about intelligence?

• It is solely based on genetics

• It can be fully measured by sensorimotor tasks

• It is influenced by many factors and changes over time

• It is a single, permanent level

Which psychologist proposed that intelligence was hereditary and could be tested by sensorimotor tasks?

• Alfred Binet

• Sir Francis Galton

• Lewis Terman

• David Wechsler

What controversy surrounds IQ tests?

• They are not used anymore

• They are too easy

• They are biased against certain ethnic groups

• They only measure memory skills