CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Read paragraph 1.What is the best way to define intelligence? Perhaps by looking at a person’s IQ test or seeing good grades on a report card? Or maybe you know someone who can solve a puzzle or an equally baffling brain teaser within a few minutes. How about watching people figure their way out of a tricky situation on a reality television show? Would those people qualify as “intelligent?”How does the author’s use of rhetoric in this paragraph establish their purpose? (R.2.3)
A
by using a personal connection to the reader’s past experience with measuring intelligence.
B
by using questions to convey the different approaches and thoughts on measuring intelligence.
C
by using a personal connection to the author’s past research to build credibility with measuring intelligence.
D
by using questions to confuse the reader by making them believe they know nothing about measuring intelligence.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Examples of intelligence tests include the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. Also called intelligence scale. See IQ.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Weiten, “IQ tests are valid measures of the kind of intelligence necessary to do well in academic work. But if the purpose is to assess intelligence in a broader sense, the validity of IQ tests is questionable.” Some scientists have disputed the value of IQ as a measure of intelligence altogether.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) The WAIS-IV is the most commonly used test of intelligence for persons aged 16 through 75 years, and may be the intelligence test chosen if your child is a teenager above the age of 15.

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