When measure a complex concept such as love‚ intelligence‚ motivation‚ there is no direct measure as when we measure height‚ weight. Those complex concepts are also linked to behavior. The construct can be referred as hypothetical constructs. “Hypothetical” because they are inferred from theories and other behavior‚ and “constructs” because they must be constructed by using a database of observations that can be measured. (clayton) Practically the construct is defined by how it is measured.
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Is it possible to define and measure intelligence? Over the years there have been a lot of definitions for the word intelligence. Whether it is a fix concept like height or an innate general cognitive ability‚ intelligence can mean differently to everyone and consciously everyone has a definition for it. So does that mean there have a general understanding of the word? No‚ an agreement on some level has been found but there are some aspects that have yet to a fixed definition in psychology. The
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concept of intelligence and the various different ways of measuring it. I will discuss‚ starting from the early twentieth century‚ how intelligence first became of so much importance and of how the knowledge and understanding of the concept of intelligence has increased throughout the century. I will briefly describe the origins of the concept of intelligence and I will also mention the most recent developments in the subject such as those of multiple intelligences and artificial intelligence (AI).
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Standard Intelligence Tests Actually Measure Intelligence? The concept of intelligence has been widely debated throughout time following the inception of the IQ test. Many theories have been proposed although no single definition of intelligence has been universally accepted with disagreement between researchers from biological and psychometric fields. The psychometric approach‚ which is the dominant field with respect to public attention and research‚ attempts to measure intelligence by means
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quantifying an individual’s intelligence has been the ultimate goal of a great number of educators and psychologists. The notoriously famous Binet-Simon’s scale has been in use since 1905‚ when it was first introduced to the general public‚ and the scale has experienced multiple changes since the first day. The question is‚ do IQ-test really measures person’s intelligence? According to Howard Gardner’s article “Human Intelligence Isn’t What We Think It Is”‚ humans are multi-intelligence beings. So‚ IQ-test
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Academic achievement at school or university is only true measure of a person’s intelligence. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Today when more and more and people are investing their financial resources and efforts to accumulate higher educational qualifications‚ a debate simultaneously rages across as to what can be taken as a true parameter to gauge an individual’s capabilities. Some definitely lean for academic feats while others feel natural instincts and experience gained over years
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Effects on Intelligence and Achievement The definition of intelligence according to the merriam-webster dictionary is the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations or the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one ’s environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria like IQ tests. The definition of achievement is an accomplishment‚ a result gained by effort‚ a great or heroic deed. Based on the definitions we can infer that intelligence may not
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Construct Development‚ Scale Creation‚ and Process Analysis The purpose of this paper is to find a construct in which I would like to measure. The construct of my choice will be developing a test that measures depression in men and women who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. An operational definition of depression will be provided using three peer review journal articles as sources and references. In addition to that a method of scaling will be selected to justify my selection. I will
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Standardized Tests Really Measure Intelligence? Some may beg to differ when people say the SAT or ACT are not fair to everyone. Not everyone may test well‚ so these tests are not an accurate assessment of someone’s intelligence. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ the SAT first stood for the Scholastic Aptitude Test‚ then the Scholastic Assessment Test; now it does not stand for anything. The SAT is a college entrance exam for high school students‚ and it measures strictly mathematical and
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Intelligence and Achievement Assessments Walden University Assessment in Counseling and Education Coun 6360-4 February 03‚ 2011 Intelligence and Achievement Assessments The General Education Development tests (GED) is a series of tests first created in 1942 to aid veterans of World War II (GED Testing Service [GEDTS]‚ 2009). Since then the GED has been used to aid people who do not complete high school achieve certification of high school knowledge and skill proficiency (GEDTS‚ 2009). The
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