CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The WAIS was initially created by
A
William Stern.
B
Howard Gardner.
C
Robert Sternberg.
D
David Wechsler.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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. It is currently in its fourth edition (WAIS-IV) released in 2008 by Pearson, and is the most widely used IQ test, for both adults and older adolescents, in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -He developed the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale, which quickly became the most widely used adult intelligence test in the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -Used as a general test the intelligence, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale –Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) was developed to assess cognitive ability for adults. This instruments aids in examining the relationship between intellectual functional and memory.

Detailed explanation-4: -David Wechsler was a Romanian-American psychologist, well known for his contributions to the study of intelligence. He first developed in 1939 the Weschsler Adult Intelligent Scale (WAIS), from which the Wechsler Intelligent Scale for Children (WISC) was derived.

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