Compare the Approaches of the Following Social-Welfare Organizations or Initiatives

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Essay

Compare the approaches of the following social-welfare organizations or initiatives to urban problems: the Young Men's Christian Association, the Salvation Army, the New York Charity Organization Society, the institutional church movement, and Hull House. What were their various goals and methods? How successful were these groups?

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Definitions:

Intelligence Quotient

A measure of a person's cognitive abilities and intellectual potential compared to a statistical norm, typically assessed by standardized tests.

William Stern

A psychologist best known for developing the concept of the intelligence quotient or IQ.

Mental Age

A measure of an individual's mental attainment based on the age in which it takes an average individual to reach that same level of attainment.

Alfred Binet

A French psychologist best known for developing the first standardized intelligence test, which laid the foundation for modern intelligence testing.