The First Intelligence Test Was Developed in Order To

question 58

Multiple Choice

The first intelligence test was developed in order to:

• A)identify the brightest children so that they could be given enriched instruction.
• B)identify children who needed remedial education.
• C)identify children who were of average intelligence.
• D)free teachers from making subjective assessments of children's intelligence.

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Definitions:

Deductive Reasoning

A logical process in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, such that if the premises are true, the conclusion cannot be false.

Centration

A cognitive limitation in early childhood thinking, where the focus is on one aspect of a situation or object at a time, ignoring other relevant aspects.

Irreversibility

A cognitive limitation in young children's thinking whereby they are unable to mentally reverse an action or process.

Egocentrism

The inability to differentiate between one's own perspective and another person's perspective, often observed in early childhood development.