Part 41 (2/2)
The subject ination the creases which result fro, and secondly, to picture the effects of the cutting as regards number of holes and their location It appears that a solution is seldoicalOur unschooled subjects even succeeded soe students of the same mental level
Binet placed this test in year XIII of the 1908 scale, but shi+fted it to the adult group in the 1911 revision Goddard retains it in the adult group, while Kuhlmann places it in year XV There have also been certain variations in the procedure eiven in the Stanford revision the test is passed by hardly any subjects below the 14-year level, but by about one third of ”average adults” and by the large majority of ”superior adults”
SUPERIOR ADULT, 3: REPEATING EIGHT DIGITS
PROCEDURE and SCORING, the saits reversed The series used are: 7-2-5-3-4-8-9-6; 4-9-8-5-3-7-6-2; and 8-3-7-9-5-4-8-2
Guard against rhyth as to the nuiven
The test is passed by about one third of ”average adults” and by over two thirds of ”superior adults” The test shows no marked difference between educated and uneducated subjects of the same mental level
SUPERIOR ADULT, 4: REPEATING THOUGHT OF PassAGE
PROCEDURE Say: ”_I aht lines When I ah I will ask you to repeat as much of it as you can It doesn't make any difference whether you remember the exact words or not, but youit says_” Then read the following selections, pausing after each for the subject's report, which should be recorded _verbati are of value both for the advancement of science and for the information of the person who is tested It is important for science to learn how people differ and on what factors these differences depend If we can separate the influence of heredity from the influence of environuide human development We may thus in soht otherwise neglect_”
(b) ”_Many opinions have been given on the value of life Soood, others call it bad It would be nearer correct to say that it is reat as we should like, and on the other hand, our reat as our enemies would wish for us It is thisradically unjust_”
So, in spite of our wording of the instructions, that a perfect reproduction is expected
Others fall into the oppositethe words of the text and e In cases of hesitation we should urge the subject a little and reht of the selection in whatever way he prefers; that theis to tell what the selection says
SCORING The test is passed if the subject is able to repeat in reasonably consecutive order the ance of expression nor _verbatim_ repetition is expected We hts in the selection have been grasped and rerades of accuracy are found, both in the comprehension of the selection and in the recall, and it is not always easy to draw the line between satisfactory and unsatisfactory responses The following sauide:--
_Selection (a)_
_Satisfactory_ ”The tests which we are iven for the advancement of science and for the information of the person tested By scientific means ill be able to separate characteristics derived from heredity and environ so we can more accurately correct defects”
”Tests like these are for two purposes First to develop a science, and second to apply it to the person to help him The tests are to find out how you differ from another and to measure the difference between your heredity and environiven to see if we can separate heredity and environment and to see if we can find out how one person differs from another We can then correct these differences and teach peopleare valuable along both scientific and personal lines By using them it can be found out where a person is weak and where he is strong We can then strengthen his weak points and relected They are of great benefit to science and to the person concerned”
”Tests such as we are now reat importance because they aim to shohat respects we differ frouide us into the right channel and bring success instead of failure”
_Unsatisfactory_ ”Tests such as we are noware of value both for the advancement of science and for the information of the person interested It is necessary to know this”
”Such tests as we are nowshow about the human mind and shohat channels we are fitted It is the testing of each individual between his effects of inheritancy and environ for us to study science for two reasons; first, to test our mental ability, and second for the further develop help in tays; it helps the scientists and it gives inforiven to pupils to-day to better theenerations to come If each person knows exactly his own beliefs and ideas and faults he can find out exactly what kind of work he is fitted for by heredity The tests show that environet along anyway” (Note invention)
_Selection (b)_
_Satisfactory_ ”There are different opinions about life Soood and so, because we are never as happy as ould like to be and we are never as sad as our enemies want us to be”