David Wechsler Developed a New Way to Calculate Intelligence Scores

question 70

Multiple Choice

David Wechsler developed a new way to calculate intelligence scores because the old technique of dividing mental age by chronological age did not translate well to __________

• A) children under 18 years of age.
• B) adults.
• C) children under 10 years of age.
• D) infants.

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Definitions:

Fixations

Persistent focuses or attachments to behaviors, concepts, or stages of development that were significant in early childhood, possibly leading to psychological issues.

Propriate Motives

Motivations that are integral to an individual's self-concept and are related to the goals of maintaining self-identity and personal significance.

Genetically Determined

Traits or characteristics that are inherited from one's parents through genes.

Ego

The component of the mind in psychoanalytic theory that mediates between the unconscious desires of the id and the moral constraints of the superego.