BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
PREDICTING INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
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creating early intervention programs for the mentally ill.
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creating intelligence tests specific to different age groups.
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creating one standardized test equal for all cultures and races.
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creating a new understanding of the term mental age.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Wechsler has authored several other highly respected tests, including the WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children), the WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale), the WMS (Wechsler Memory Scale), and the WPPSI (Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) measures an adult’s intellectual ability and is appropriate for persons 16.0–90.11 years (Wechsler, 2008).
Detailed explanation-3: -IQ was originally computed by taking the ratio of mental age to chronological (physical) age and multiplying by 100. Thus, if a 10-year-old child had a mental age of 12 (that is, performed on the test at the level of an average 12-year-old), the child was assigned an IQ of 12/10 × 100, or 120.
Detailed explanation-4: -mental age, intelligence test score, expressed as the chronological age for which a given level of performance is average or typical. An individual’s mental age is then divided by his chronological age and multiplied by 100, yielding an intelligence quotient (IQ).