Experimental studies of mental defectives : a critique of the Binet-Simon tests and a contribution to the psychology of epilepsy.

  • Wallin, J. E. Wallace (John Edward Wallace), 1876-1969.
Date:
1912
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    Accrediting, basis for Age XIII; see advance grading. Administration of B.-S. tests, cliapter IV. Adults, superiority, 98; see ma- turity differences. Advance grading, 22, 30, 45, 51. basis, 26f. with epileptics, 31. Age, increase in capacity with, 69; differences, see maturity differences. Age-norms, discrepancies, 27, 30f. easiest or most difficult, 30, 37f, 39f, 41, 43f, 47f, 50. range of variation, 37. tests of accuracy, 33, 59. variation, 35f, 38f, 40, 46. variation of in relation to difficulty of test, 40. see norms. Age-standards; see age-norms. Amateurs in mental testing, 110; see Binet-Simon scale, untrained users. Ambidextrality, 89. Anamnesis record, 146. Antero-posterior sway; see atax- iagraphic sway. Anthropometric norms, 8. Association word test, B.-S., 61, 77f, 97. M. v., 94. Ataxiagraphic test, 65f, 90f. M. v., 97. Methods, 66. Ayres, 104. Barr, 90. Bell, 45. Binet, 10, 47, 55, 89. Binet and Simon, 118. Binet-Simon scale, accuracy, 45f, 60, 72, 77, 81f, 89, 104f. age-norms (which see), 27, 30. basis of accrediting, 22. basis of norms, 10. checking, 16. classification, 10, 58, 60, 109. classification of epileptic feeble-minded, 14. discrepancies, see age- norms. discrepant experimental re- sults, 55. experimental stage, 55. general directions for ad- ministering, 142. guide, chapter IV. imperfections or inaccu- racy, 2, 27f, 45f, 57, 60, 117. measure of retardation, 10. method of scoring, 21. method of testing accu- racy, 20flf, 33, 59. national differences, 55. need of trained use, 110. need to test fundamental capacities, 56. order of giving tests, 143. relevancy, see accuracy. revision, 55f. serviceability, see value. standardization, 116f. training tests, 57. untrained users, 1, 110, 116. validity, see accuracy. V1S6S 1 value, 2, 9f, 58, 60, 105, 117. victimization, 1. Bobertag, 44f, 47, 61, 69, 118. Body sway, see ataxiagraphic sway. [161]