Condensed guide for the Stanford revision of the Binet-Simon intelligence testsTerman, Lewis M. (Lewis Madison)
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Condensed guide for the Stanford revision of the Binet-Simon intelligence tests
Terman, Lewis M. (Lewis Madison)
Binet-Simon Test; Intelligence tests; Stanford-Binet Test
(_c_) An Indian who had come to town for the first time in his life
saw a white man riding along the street. As the white man rode by,
the Indian said: "The white man is lazy; he walks sitting down." What
was the white man riding on that caused the Indian to say, "He walks
sitting down?"
Credit if two of the three problems are satisfactorily answered.
Spontaneous corrections allowed. (See _The Measurement of
Intelligence_, pp. 316-18, for important scoring directions.)
5. _Arithmetical Reasoning_
{If a man's salary is $20 a week and he spends $14 a week, how long
will it take him to save $300?
If 2 pencils cost 5 cents, how many pencils can you buy for 50 cents?
At 15 cents a yard, how much will 7 feet of cloth cost?}
Show S. the problems one at a time. Have S. read each problem aloud
and, with the printed problem still before him, find the answer
without the use of pencil or paper. In the case of illiterates,
examiner reads each problem for S. two or three times.
Credit if two of the three problems are correctly solved, within one
minute each, not including time spent in reading.
6. _Reversing Hands of Clock_
Say, "Suppose it is six-twenty-two o'clock, that is, twenty-two
minutes after six; can you see in your mind where the large hand
would be, and where the small hand would be?" "Now, suppose the two
hands of the clock were to trade places, so that the large hand takes
the place where the small hand was, and the small hand takes the
place where the large hand was, what time would it then be?" Repeat
the test with the hands at 8.08 (8 minutes after 8),[3] and again
with the hands at 2.46 (14 minutes before 3).
[Footnote 3: 8.08 is substituted instead of 8.10, formerly used,
because it is capable of more accurate solution and is less
confusing.]
Credit if two of the three problems are solved with error of no more
than 3 or 4 minutes.
_Alt. Repeating Seven Digits_
"Now listen. I am going to say over some numbers and after I am
through, I want you to say them exactly as I do. Listen closely and
get them just right." Give (_a_) and if necessary (_b_). 2, 1, 8, 3,
4, 3, 9; 9, 7, 2, 8, 4, 7, 5.
Credit if one set is reproduced without error.
Year XVI
1. _Vocabulary_
See last section.
65 satisfactory definitions if both lists are given; 33 if only one
list is given.
2. _Interpretation of Fables_
See XII 5 for procedure.
Allow 2 points for each fable correctly interpreted, and 1 if
response is somewhat inferior to the standard. Credit in XII if score
is 4 points or more; in XVI if score is 8 points or more. (Note
carefully scoring in _The Measurement of Intelligence_, pp. 290-97.)
3. _Differences Between Abstract Terms_
Ask, "What is the difference between--
(_a_) "Laziness and idleness?
(_b_) "Evolution and revolution?
(_c_) "Poverty and misery?
(_d_) "Character and reputation?"
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