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The validity of the individual tests.
CHAPTER?VI
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF VARIOUS INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENTS 78
Frequency of different degrees of intelligence. Classification of intelligence quotients. Feeble-mindedness. Border-line cases. Examples of border-line deficiency. Dull normals. Average intelligence. Superior intelligence. Very superior intelligence. Examples of very superior intelligence. Genius and "near" genius. Is the I?Q often misleading?
CHAPTER?VII
RELIABILITY OF THE BINET-SIMON METHOD 105
General value of the method. Dependence of the scale's reliability on the training of the examiner. Influence of the subject's attitude. The influence of coaching. Reliability of repeated tests. Influence of social and educational advantages.
PART?II
GUIDE FOR THE USE OF THE STANFORD REVISION AND EXTENSION
CHAPTER?VIII
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 121
Necessity of securing attention and effort. Quiet and seclusion. Presence of others. Getting into rapport. Keeping the child encouraged. The importance of tact. Personality of the examiner. The avoidance of fatigue. Duration of the examination. Desirable range of testing. Order of giving the tests. Coaxing to be avoided. Adhering to formula. Scoring. Recording responses. Scattering of successes. Supplementary considerations. Alternative tests. Finding mental age. The use of the intelligence quotient. How to find the I?Q of adult subjects. Material for use in testing.
CHAPTER?IX
INSTRUCTIONS FOR YEAR?III
1. Pointing to parts of the body 142 2. Naming familiar objects 143 3. Enumeration of objects in pictures 145 4. Giving sex 146 5. Giving the family name 147 6. Repeating six to seven syllables 149 Alternative test: Repeating three digits 150
CHAPTER?X
INSTRUCTIONS FOR YEAR?IV
1. Comparison of lines 151 2. Discrimination of forms 152 3. Counting four pennies 154 4. Copying a square 155 5. Comprehension, first degree 157 6. Repeating four digits 159 Alternative test: Repeating twelve to thirteen syllables 160
CHAPTER?XI
INSTRUCTIONS FOR YEAR?V
1. Comparison of weights 161 2. Naming colors 163 3. ?sthetic comparison 165 4. Giving definitions in terms of use 167 5. The game of patience 169 6. Three commissions 172 Alternative test: Giving age 173
CHAPTER?XII
INSTRUCTIONS FOR YEAR?VI
1. Distinguishing right and left 175 2. Finding omissions in pictures 178 3. Counting thirteen pennies 180 4. Comprehension, second degree 181 5. Naming four coins 184 6. Repeating sixteen to eighteen syllables 185 Alternative test: Forenoon and afternoon 187
CHAPTER?XIII
INSTRUCTIONS FOR YEAR?VII
1. Giving the number of fingers 189 2. Description of pictures 190 3. Repeating five digits 193 4. Tying a bow-knot 196 5. Giving differences from memory 199 6. Copying a diamond 204 Alternative test?1: Naming the days of the week 205 Alternative test?2: Repeating three digits reversed 207
CHAPTER?XIV
INSTRUCTIONS FOR YEAR?VIII
1. The ball-and-field test 210 2. Counting backwards from 20?to?1 213 3. Comprehension, third degree 215 4. Giving similarities, two things 217 5. Giving definitions superior to use 221 6. Vocabulary (20?definitions, 3600?words) 224 Alternative test?1: Naming six coins 231 Alternative test?2: Writing from dictation 231
CHAPTER?XV
INSTRUCTIONS FOR YEAR?IX
1. Giving the date 234 2. Arranging five weights 236 3. Making change 240 4. Repeating four digits reversed 242 5. Using three words in a sentence 242 6. Finding rhymes 248 Alternative test?1: Naming the months 251 Alternative test?2: Counting the value of stamps 252
CHAPTER?XVI
INSTRUCTIONS FOR YEAR?X
1. Vocabulary (30?definitions, 5400?words) 255 2. Detecting absurdities 255 3. Drawing designs from memory 260 4. Reading for eight memories 262 5. Comprehension, fourth degree 268 6. Naming sixty words 272 Alternative test?1: Repeating six digits 277 Alternative test?2: Repeating twenty to twenty-two syllables 277 Alternative test?3: Healy's Construction Puzzle A 278
CHAPTER?XVII
INSTRUCTIONS FOR YEAR?XII
1. Vocabulary (40?definitions, 7200?words) 281 2. Defining abstract words 281 3. The ball-and-field test (superior plan) 286 4. Dissected sentences 286 5. Interpretation of fables (score?4) 290 6. Repeating five digits reversed 301 7. Interpretation of pictures 302 8. Giving similarities, three things 306
CHAPTER?XVIII
INSTRUCTIONS FOR YEAR?XIV
1. Vocabulary (50?definitions, 9000?words) 310 2. Induction test: finding a rule 310 3. Giving differences between a president and a king 313 4. Problem questions 315 5. Arithmetical reasoning 319 6. Reversing hands of a clock 321 Alternative test: Repeating seven digits 322
CHAPTER?XIX
INSTRUCTIONS FOR "AVERAGE ADULT"
1. Vocabulary (65?definitions, 11,700?words) 324 2. Interpretation of fables (score 8) 324 3. Differences between abstract terms 324 4. Problem of the enclosed boxes 327 5. Repeating six digits reversed 329 6. Using a code 330 Alternative test?1: Repeating twenty-eight syllables 332 Alternative test?2: Comprehension of physical relations 333
CHAPTER?XX
INSTRUCTIONS FOR "SUPERIOR ADULT"
1. Vocabulary (75?definitions, 13,500?words) 338 2. Binet's paper-cutting test 338 3. Repeating eight digits 340 4. Repeating thought of passage 340 5. Repeating seven digits reversed 345 6. Ingenuity test 345
SELECTED REFERENCES 349
INDEX 359

FIGURES AND DIAGRAMS
1. Distribution of Mental Ages of 62 Normal Adults 55 2. Distribution of I?Q's of 905 Unselected Children, 5-14?Years of Age 66 3. Median I?Q of 457?Boys and 448?Girls, for the Ages 5-14?Years 69 4. Diamond drawn by R.?W.; Age?13-10; Mental Age?7-6 82 5. Writing from Dictation. R.?M., Age?15; Mental Age?9 83 6. Ball and Field Test. I.?M., Age?14-2; Mental Age?9 84 7. Diamond drawn by A.?W. 85 8. Drawing Designs from Memory. H.?S., Age?11; Mental Age?8-3 86 9. Ball and Field