Individual and Group Test of Intelligence

Individual vs group test Individual intelligence tests * There are two major types of intelligence test, those administered to individuals and thsoe administered to groups. * The two briny individual intelligence tests are the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test (see Murphy & Davidshofer, 2001, Chap. 13) Wechsler tests, i. e. WISC for children and WAIS for adults (see Murphy & Davidshofer, 2001, Chap. 13) * These are individual intelligence tests which require one-on-one consultation with the child.The tests involve assorted verbal and non-verbal subtests which can be combined to give an overall IQ, but which also provide valuable separate subtest scores and measures based on the behavioural responses of the child to the test items. * Some of the content of these tests is clearly culture-loaded, hence there is theKaufman Assessment Battery for Children a more late test which attempts to minimize heathenish bias.The test also attempts to separate crystallised and fluid intelligence. Group intelligence tests * Group-administered intelligence tests involve a series of different problems and are generally utilize in mass testing situations such as the military and schools. * Examples of group tests are Multidimensional Aptitude Battery, The Cognitive Abilities test, Scholastic Assessment Tests * There has been a trend towards the use of multiple choice items.Many of theses tests have separately timed sub-tests. A major distinction made between types of items is verbal and non-verbal. In recent years there has been a trend away from verbal and mathematical items towards non-verbal represented problems in pictures. * Part of the reason for shifting away from verbal-based tests, in particular, is the roll in the hay of culture-loading. Advantages of group tests * can be administered to very large numbers simultaneously * simplified examiner role scoring typically more objective * large, substitute samples often used leading to better established norms Disadvantage s of group tests * examiner has less opportunity to establish rapport, obtain cooperation, and maintain interest * not readily detected if examinee tired, anxious, unwell * evidence that emotionally disturbed children do better on individual than group tests * examinees responses more dependant normally an individual is tested on all items in a group test and may become boredom over easy items and prevent or anxious over difficult items * Individual tests typically provide for the examiner to choose items based on the test takers prior responses moving onto quite an difficult items or back to easier items. So individual tests offer more flexibility.