Children with mental disabilities -- Education; Children with mental disabilities -- Psychological testing
Thirteen pennies are placed on the table in a group (not in a line)
touching one another, but not superposed.
5. "Which is the prettier of these two faces?"--"And of these?"--"And
of these?"
See Fig. 4.
Three correct responses required.
_Seven Years._
1. "Show me your right hand."--"Show me your left ear."
2. "Here is a picture. Tell me what you see."
Description of picture required (Figs. 1, 2, 3.)
3. "Do you see this key? Go and put it on that chair. Then close the
door. Then take the box which is lying on the chair near the door and
bring it to me. First put the key on the chair, then close the door,
then bring me the box."
No help or suggestion by word or look must be given during the
execution of this task.
4. "How much money is there here altogether?"
Three pennies and three halfpennies are placed on the table before the
child.
5. "What is this colour?"--"And this?"--"And this?"--"And this?"
The examiner shows the child successively the four colours--red,
yellow, blue, and green.
_Eight Years._
1. "You know a butterfly?"--"And you know a fly?"--"Are they like one
another?"--"Well, in what way are they not alike?"
The same questions are asked about wood and glass, and paper and
cardboard. Two comparisons at least must be given correctly.
2. "You can count, can't you?"--"Well, will you count for me backwards
from twenty to nothing? Begin 20, 19...."
One error is allowed, but the task must be finished in twenty seconds.
3. "What is missing in this picture?" The child must not be allowed to
see the figure in the diagram until he has answered the questions
regarding the heads. Otherwise, when shown a head, he may say, being
influenced by suggestion, "It has no body." See Fig. 5.
The same question is put for each of the four pictures.
4. "Can you tell me what day it is?"--"And will you tell me the date
also?"
The year must be given; three or four days' latitude is allowed in the
day of the month.
5. "I am going to say five numbers. Listen and repeat them after me.
5, 8, 2, 9, 1."--"Again, 3, 7, 5, 2, 0."--"Again, 1, 3, 7, 2, 9."
One success suffices.
_Nine Years._
1. "Would you like to play shop? You be shopkeeper. I will buy from
you this box. It costs twopence." Here the examiner hands the child a
shilling. "Now, will you give me change out of this money here?"
In order to give the change the child is provided with one of each of
our current coins--sovereign, half-sovereign, crown, half-crown,
florin, shilling, sixpence, threepence, penny, halfpenny--and in
addition five halfpence and six pennies.
_Note._--Binet gives the child a franc for an article valued at 20
sous, and the child has to select his change from the following coins:
8 coins of the value 0 fr. 05, 4 of the value 0 fr. 10, and 1 of each
of the others--viz., 0 fr. 25, 0 fr. 50, 1 fr., 2 fr., 5 fr., 10 fr.,
20 fr.
2. "What is a fork?"--"What is a table?"--"A chair?"--"A horse?"--"A
mamma?"
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