Gould's Review Of Yerkes' Intelligence Tests 1.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? PsychologyIndividual DifferencesA2/A-levelOCR Created by: Marcus2600Created on: 28-11-19 11:45 What is a hereditarian? Someone who believes that intelligence is caused by genetics 1 of 18 Why did Yerkes create his intelligence test? To solidify psychology as a science by creating an objective test that can be used to determine intelligence 2 of 18 What was Yerkes' sample? 1.75 million soldiers 3 of 18 What did the Army Alpha test consist of? A written test encompassing filling in missing numbers in a sequence, completing analogies etc. 4 of 18 What did the Army Beta consist of? A pictorial test consisting of completing a maze, number tasks, complete-a-picture etc. 5 of 18 What did the individual examination consist of? A spoken test 6 of 18 How many sections were in the Army Alpha and Beta tests? 8 and 7 7 of 18 Who took the Army Alpha? Literate recruits 8 of 18 Who took the Army Beta? Illiterate Participants/those who failed the Army Alpha 9 of 18 Who took the Individual Examination? Those who failed the Army Beta 10 of 18 What was the average mental age of White Americans? 13.04 11 of 18 What was the average mental age for Black Americans? 10.41 12 of 18 What were the results largely used for? To decide which role each participant got 13 of 18 How did the government use the results of Yerkes' study? To create a law resulting in more control over immigration 14 of 18 What Correlation did Gould find which counters the Hereditarian view? The longer participants were in America, the better they scored 15 of 18 To what extent where the protocols for assigning tests adhered to? Many people were given the wrong test, and many who failed a test weren't given another 16 of 18 What did was someone who a got a C assigned as? Ordinary Private 17 of 18 What research method was used by Yerkes? Psychometric Testing 18 of 18
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