GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE
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Question
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Isaiah is a person with savant syndrome.
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the intelligence test Isaiah was given has no validity.
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intelligence tests are generally good measures of verbal but not of mathematical intelligence
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It would be fair to conclude that: Isaiah is a person with savant syndrome. Research on the determinants of intelligence indicates that: both genes and environment have some influence on intelligence scores.
Detailed explanation-2: -To be diagnosed as having mental retardation, a person must have an I.Q. below 70-75, i.e. significantly below average. If a person scores below 70 on a properly administered and scored I.Q.
Detailed explanation-3: -An IQ test is an assessment that measures a range of cognitive abilities and provides a score that is intended to serve as a measure of an individual’s intellectual abilities and potential. IQ tests are among the most administered psychological tests.
Detailed explanation-4: -The most widely used intelligence tests include the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler scales. The Stanford-Binet is the American adaptation of the original French Binet-Simon intelligence test; it was first introduced in 1916 by Lewis Terman, a psychologist at Stanford University.
Detailed explanation-5: -Validity is the extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure. 1 It is vital for a test to be valid in order for the results to be accurately applied and interpreted.