PL Ackerman - Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Over 100 years have passed since Binet and Simon proposed scales for assessment of intelligence of children to predict academic success and failure. The extension of these …
In two seminal articles, David Wechsler emphasized the importance of non-ability determinants of adult intelligence, and called for a more inclusive consideration of traits …
PL Ackerman - Current directions in psychological science, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Traditional approaches to intelligence have mainly evolved from Spearman's theory of general intelligence, which views intelligence as general and fixed, and from applications of …
The question'What is intelligence?'may seem simple to answer, but the study and measurement of human intelligence is one of the most controversial subjects in psychology …
PL Ackerman - Adult learning and development, 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Intelligence theory and assessment methods have traditionally been aimed at predicting academic success. As such, efforts during the early part of this century first focused on …
PL Ackerman - Aging and Skilled Performance, 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
Nearly a century ago, Binet and Simon ushered in the “modern” approach to the conceptualization and measurement of intelligence. The techniques created by Binet and …
RA Weinberg - American psychologist, 1989 - psycnet.apa.org
Understanding human intelligence and its development has been a major pursuit of psychologists for more than a century. This article describes the status of controversies …
The development of adult intelligence assessment early in this century as an upward extension of the Binet-Simon approach to child intelligence assessment is briefly reviewed …
There is a strange disconnect between the scientific consensus and the public mind on intelligence testing. Just mention IQ testing in polite company, and you'll sternly be informed …