Mental tests have decided limitations: they miss motivation, persistence, and emotional life, and intelligence ratios are subject to change¶
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q1 i? The author argues that intelligence tests alone cannot capture laziness, persistence, ideals, or emotional life, and that intelligence ratios are subject to change, so a complete profile of the child is needed. → E. B. Skaggs 1918
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E. B. Skaggs 1918¶
E. B. Skaggs. (1918). The Correlation of General Intelligence Tests and School Standing. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org/journal/edu
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The author's theoretical argument, illustrated from four years of limited use of prominent mental tests, that tests have decided limitations as predictors. The article also cites Miss F. Mateer's finding that "The intelligence ratios are subject to change."
"An individual may be extremely lazy, a shirker, and yet be "very superior" in general intelligence. He may have no "stick-to-it-iveness," no ideals, and yet stand high intellectually. The emotional life of the individual is little touched by the tests."
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Related Claims¶
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Mental tests have decided limitations: they miss motivation, persistence, and emotional life, and intelligence ratios are subject to change |
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Mental tests have decided limitations: they miss motivation, persistence, and emotional life, and intelligence ratios are subject to change |
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