IQ Tests Were Originally Devised to Help Identify

question 54

Multiple Choice

IQ tests were originally devised to help identify

• A) prisoners who were ready for release.
• B) applicants who should be chosen for particular jobs.
• C) mental patients who were likely to improve.
• D) children who belonged in special classes.

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Definitions:

Superego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that represents moral standards and ideals, acting as a conscience.

Moral Guardian

An individual or entity that promotes and enforces traditional ethical standards and values within a community or society.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Reality Principle

Principle by which the ego functions; the satisfaction of the demands of the id only when negative consequences will not result.