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... Adult III , depending on the number of words correctly defined . The items passed and failed by any one individual ... adult levels ( AA , SA I , SA II , and SA III ) covers more than one year of mental age , the months of credit for ...
... Adult III , depending on the number of words correctly defined . The items passed and failed by any one individual ... adult levels ( AA , SA I , SA II , and SA III ) covers more than one year of mental age , the months of credit for ...
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... adult tests . The develop- ment of the WISC was somewhat paradoxical , since Wechsler embarked upon his original enterprise partly because of the need for an adult scale that would not be a mere upward extension of available children's ...
... adult tests . The develop- ment of the WISC was somewhat paradoxical , since Wechsler embarked upon his original enterprise partly because of the need for an adult scale that would not be a mere upward extension of available children's ...
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... Adult occupations are more diversified than childhood schooling . The cumulative experiences of adulthood may thus stimulate a differential development of abilities in different persons . Because intelligence tests are closely linked to ...
... Adult occupations are more diversified than childhood schooling . The cumulative experiences of adulthood may thus stimulate a differential development of abilities in different persons . Because intelligence tests are closely linked to ...
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FUNCTIONS AND ORIGINS | 3 |
Cattell and the early mental tests | 9 |
Standardized achievement tests | 16 |
Copyright | |
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