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Abstracts and Extracts M.:The Binet(Journal ofthe Pointing Intelligence. TheMethod of MeasurVol. I, pp. iii-of behavioradolescence. the standpointtion to theapparently rests on the assumption that important appear at various times during infancy, childhood and The point scale methods, on the other hand, are chosen from of functions to be measured, and without particular relaof human of appearing development. The Binet scale is based uponthe assumption of developingfunctions; the point scale on the assumption functions. The result of the Binet method is an inflexible scale, which, however accurate it may be for the race, social stratum or sex for which it was constructed, cannot possibly yield reliable results when applied to widely differing groups of individuals. But in order to use the point scale profitably for a new race, or social group, it is necessary onlyto make a sufficient number of examinations, to yield reliable norms. Thejudgments. These are forerunners of quantitative statements than themselves quantitative. In the point scale, judgments are of the more-or-less type. There is awarded a particular amount of credit which supposedly varies in correspondence with the character or amount of response. A number of tests in the Stanford Revision are highly dependent on education. Means should be devised http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Psychiatry American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal)

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American Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 75 (4): 565 – Apr 1, 1919

Abstracts and Extracts

American Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 75 (4): 565 – Apr 1, 1919

Abstract

M.:The Binet(Journal ofthe Pointing Intelligence. TheMethod of MeasurVol. I, pp. iii-of behavioradolescence. the standpointtion to theapparently rests on the assumption that important appear at various times during infancy, childhood and The point scale methods, on the other hand, are chosen from of functions to be measured, and without particular relaof human of appearing development. The Binet scale is based uponthe assumption of developingfunctions; the point scale on the assumption functions. The result of the Binet method is an inflexible scale, which, however accurate it may be for the race, social stratum or sex for which it was constructed, cannot possibly yield reliable results when applied to widely differing groups of individuals. But in order to use the point scale profitably for a new race, or social group, it is necessary onlyto make a sufficient number of examinations, to yield reliable norms. Thejudgments. These are forerunners of quantitative statements than themselves quantitative. In the point scale, judgments are of the more-or-less type. There is awarded a particular amount of credit which supposedly varies in correspondence with the character or amount of response. A number of tests in the Stanford Revision are highly dependent on education. Means should be devised

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Abstract

M.:The Binet(Journal ofthe Pointing Intelligence. TheMethod of MeasurVol. I, pp. iii-of behavioradolescence. the standpointtion to theapparently rests on the assumption that important appear at various times during infancy, childhood and The point scale methods, on the other hand, are chosen from of functions to be measured, and without particular relaof human of appearing development. The Binet scale is based uponthe assumption of developingfunctions; the point scale on the assumption functions. The result of the Binet method is an inflexible scale, which, however accurate it may be for the race, social stratum or sex for which it was constructed, cannot possibly yield reliable results when applied to widely differing groups of individuals. But in order to use the point scale profitably for a new race, or social group, it is necessary onlyto make a sufficient number of examinations, to yield reliable norms. Thejudgments. These are forerunners of quantitative statements than themselves quantitative. In the point scale, judgments are of the more-or-less type. There is awarded a particular amount of credit which supposedly varies in correspondence with the character or amount of response. A number of tests in the Stanford Revision are highly dependent on education. Means should be devised

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Published: Apr 1, 1919

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