• In 1925, Lewis Terman promulgated Galton's theories of natural ability by defining mental ability and genius in terms of scores on the Stanford-Binet intelligence test. (intelltheory.com)
  • James McKeen Cattell, who was among the first Americans to receive a doctorate from Wundt, was most interested in Galton's work and elaborated upon it. (iresearchnet.com)
  • Ultimately, these findings sparked the formative years of the eugenics movement, which called for methods of improving the biological make-up of the human species through selective parenthood. (intelltheory.com)
  • The work of psychologists during the war proved to Americans that intelligence tests could have broader utility. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is a non-profit organisation open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test. (wikipedia.org)
  • The first mass administration of IQ testing was done with 1.7 million soldiers during World War I , when Terman served in a psychological testing role with the United States military. (wikipedia.org)
  • Subsequently, in 1921, Cattell went on to found the Psychological Corporation, which has since become one of the world's largest suppliers of psychological tests, but before he did that he had as one of his students at the University of Pennsylvania a fledgling psychologist by the name of Lightner Witmer (1867-1956). (iresearchnet.com)
  • An attempt to provide understandable and up-to-date information regarding intelligence testing, intelligence theories, personal competence, adaptive behavior and intellectual disability (mental retardation) as they relate to death penalty (capital punishment) issues. (blogspot.com)
  • Psychologists were expected to give diagnostic tests in those days and one of the most popular was the Rorschach. (pasf.org)
  • The first is about a practitioner developing an assessment method beginning with a connection of test "signs" with behavior, and proceeding to a descriptive system which could mystify observers. (pasf.org)
  • Terman is best known for his revision of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales and for initiating the longitudinal study of children with high IQs called the Genetic Studies of Genius . (wikipedia.org)
  • Terman promoted his test - the "Stanford-Binet" - as an aid for the classification of developmentally disabled children. (wikipedia.org)
  • Revisions (mostly recently the fifth) of the Stanford-Binet remain in widespread use as a measure of general intelligence for both adults and for children. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most national groups test using well-established IQ test batteries, but American Mensa additionally developed its own application exam. (wikipedia.org)
  • In some national groups, a person may take a Mensa-offered test only once, although one may later submit an application with results from a different qualifying test. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Mensa test is also available in some developing countries such as India and Pakistan, and societies in developing countries have been growing at a rapid pace. (wikipedia.org)
  • The minimum accepted score on the Stanford-Binet is 132, while for the Cattell it is 148 and 130 in the Wechsler tests (WAIS, WISC). (wikipedia.org)
  • Any applicant authorized to administer, or in any way having access to, any of our admissions tests must provide evidence of satisfactory scores achieved before he/she became so authorized or before gaining access to any such test. (triplenine.org)
  • No scores will be accepted from anyone whose business associate or familial relative administered their test, nor may tests have been self-administered. (triplenine.org)
  • Due to uncertainty as to exactly when LSAC changed from a 10-50 to a 10-48 scale, Applicants with scores of 46-47 must provide documentation they took a 10-48 scaled test. (triplenine.org)
  • It is required that any applicant authorized to administer, or with access to, any of our accepted tests disclose that fact and list all such tests on his/her TNS application. (triplenine.org)
  • To qualify for membership, you must provide an official score report (see requirements below) documenting your qualifying score on one of the tests listed below. (triplenine.org)