CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) is an IQ test designed to measure intelligence and cognitive ability in adults and older adolescents. The original WAIS (Form I) was published in February 1955 by David Wechsler, as a revision of the Wechsler–Bellevue Intelligence Scale, released in 1939.

Detailed explanation-2: -Current tests The most commonly used individual IQ test series is the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) for adults and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) for school-age test-takers.

Detailed explanation-3: -He developed the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale, which quickly became the most widely used adult intelligence test in the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -It wasn’t until the turn of the 20th century that Frenchman Alfred Binet (1857-1911) developed the first test resembling a modern intelligence test.

Detailed explanation-5: -David Wechsler, (born January 12, 1896, Lespedi, Romania-died May 2, 1981, New York, New York, U.S.), American psychologist and inventor of several widely used intelligence tests for adults and children. Wechsler studied at the City College of New York and Columbia University, receiving his doctorate in 1925.