Learning and Individual Differences 19 (2009) 596–608 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Learning and Individual Differences j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / l i n d i f Subjective evaluations of intelligence and academic self-concept predict academic achievement: Evidence from a selective student population Tatiana V. Kornilova, Sergey A. Kornilov ⁎, Maria A. Chumakova Department of Psychology, Moscow State University (Lomonosov University)
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Since the beginning of recorded time one has been told that ‘you have your mothers eyes’ or ‘You’re tall like your father’ and it has been accepted that humans inherit their appearance traits from their parents, however where does one get their talent for hockey, their intelligence, or their habits; does one learn these from their environment or were they programmed by genetics? Well this brings to light the age old debate of nature vs. nurture. The Nature and Nurture debate stems into many areas
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This chapter provides an overview of the world of testing. Of course, everyone knows, at least roughly, what we mean by a “test” or “testing.” Everyone has at least some familiarity with a variety of tests, for example, college admission tests, final examinations in courses, vocational interest inventories, and perhaps some personality measures. However, as we begin formal study of this world, it is important that we develop both a more comprehensive and a more precise understanding of the field
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Through the years there have been many different ways that people have wanted to test someone’s intelligence, Unfortunately there are really no test that have been developed to identify the true intelligences of a person, most of the test that I have come across seem to focus mainly on math and being able to tell where blocks should go and what shape they may make or what color the blocks will be if you were able to put them together inside your head and figure them out. Originally the
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Alfred Binet Alfred Binet was a french psychologist who was born in 1857 and died in 1911. He is the inventor of the first usable intelligence test, which is known today as the IQ test. His main goal was to indentify students who needed special attention in when it came to learning. With the help of his collaborator,Theodore Simon, he published the last revision of his intelligence scale right before his death in 1911. Further refinements of the scale were published after his death, but they
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Reading Report #2 Intelligent Intelligence Testing By Etienne Benson Monitor staff Having read the above named article, I found three points that are worthy of emphasizing. These are as follows: 1. Intelligence tests unfairly categorize students by race, gender, class and culture. 2. Propagates the idea that people are born with an unchangeable endowment of intellectual potential that determines their success in life. 3. Practitioners want tests that can help them design interventions
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Louis Leon Thurstone made significant contributions in many areas of psychology, including psychometrics, statistics, and the study of human intelligence. He developed methods for scaling psychological measures, assessing attitudes, and test theory, among many other influential contributions. He is best known for the development of new factor analytic techniques to determine the number and nature of latent constructs within a set of observed variables. Thurstone considers intelligence as a mental
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measure intellectual aptitude ,or ability to learn in school.Originally,intelligence was defined as mental age divided by chronological age,times 100-hence the term intelligent quotient or IQ. After taking the IQ test on the website ,I was not happy with my score and I don’t think it is an accurate assessment of my intellectual ability because i know
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What are your thoughts on the Nature vs. Nurture argument? One of the biggest debates that continue to remain unsolved is the Nature vs. Nurture argument. My opinion is that the answer is not definitely one or the other but a mixture of the two. This argument tries to establish the role of genes and the environment in human nature. In some situations it is obvious that genetics have a greater role in shaping a person. An example of that is a person that desires to drink alcohol. Some people
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The story of Michael Kauman and his perspective was not what he knew about his friend Hector, but what he assumed. It all started when they were young boys living in the same housing tenement. They became friends instantly, played all the time with rubber bands and toy guns. Michael's family then moved to another part of town, and he did not see Hector again until they both went to Junior high school together. Once they got to junior high there was an exam where admission based on competition. Michael
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