COMMONLY USED

INTELLIGENCE TESTS
REPORTER
APRILYN MONSON
1. WECHSLER TESTS
WESCHLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE (WAIS)

• - intelligence quotient (IQ) tests are the primary clinical

instruments used to measure adult and adolescent
intelligence.
WAIS 1 – February 1955; WAIS IV 2008 by Pearson. For
ages 16 to 90
 FOUR INDEX SCORES: MAJOR COMPONENTS
OF INTELLIGENCE
• e. Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI)
• Subtests: Similarities, Vocabulary, Information, Comprehension (Supplemental)
• f. Perceptual Reasoning Index (PRI)
• Subtests: Block Design, Matrix Reasoning, Visual Puzzles, Picture Completion
(Supplemental), Figure Weighs (Supplemental)
• g. Working Memory Index (WMI)
• Subtests: Digit Span, Arithmetic, Letter- Number Sequencing (Supplemental)
• h. Processing Speed Index (PSI)
• Subtests: Symbol Search, Coding, Cancellation (Supplemental)
2. STANDFORD-BINET TEST
• . The Standford –Binet Intelligence Scale (SBIS) is a direct
descendent of the Binet-Simon Scale
• Four Areas: verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning,
abstract/visual reasoning, and short-term memory
• 15 Subtests: vocabulary, comprehension, verbal
absurdities, pattern analysis, matrices, paper folding and
cutting, copying, quantitative, number series, equation
building, memory for sentences, memory for digits,
memory for objects, and bead memory.
INTELLIGENCE
QUOTIENT
INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT

• - Is the score the individual will obtain on an intelligence

test.
• - is a single score which indicates a person’s general
intelligence level.
• William Stern (1871-1938): was the first theorist to the
development of the concept, “Intelligence Quotient”

• Later, Lewis Terman adapted Stern’s “Mental Quotient” to produce

what is probably the best known psychological concept, “IQ”
• Antassi (1990) describes IQ as an expression of individual’s
ability at a certain point in time in relation to his age norms.
• Psychologists agree that the IQ is not fixed and therefore It can be
modified by environmental factors, such as education, training ,
geographical location, motivation, aspiration, socio-economic
stats, health, home atmosphere, and race.
 USES OF IQ:
• 1.It can be used by schools for admission purposes.
• 2. It can be used for classifying pupils/ students.
• 3. It can be used for job hiring and placement.
• 4. It can be used by guidance counselors in determining scholarship grantees.
• 5. It can serve as basis for education and career guidance.
• 6. It can be used to determine special children for their special education
needs.
• 7. It can be used to diagnose learning difficulties
• 8. It can be used to predict occupational success.
MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

• Intelligence is measured only by standardized tests. When

an intelligence test is standardized, the average
performance of the standardization group for each is
given a score of 100.
• The IQ is computed by dividing the score(mental age or
MA) in the test by the chronological age(CA), as follows:
I.Q.= MA/ CA (100)

• Mental age is a derived score that indicates the student’s level of

mental development.
• The mental age is determined by the scores of the students’ score in
an intelligence test.
• At present the above formula is no longer used(Sanchez 2002).
Instead after obtaining the raw score, the Table of norms has to be
consulted wherein the Sten Score which corresponds to the raw score.
 • The Sten Score(Stanford Ten):
• 4 is below average
• 5-6 is average
• 7 is above average and so forth.

• Use of IQ Scores
• Level IQ Range Percent
• Very Superior over 130 2.2%
• Superior 120-130 6.7%
• High Average 110-120 16.1%
• Average 90-110 50%
• Low Average 80-90 16.1%
• Borderline Retarded 70-80 6.7%
• Mental Retarded under 70 2.2%
• Mildly Retarded 50 – 69
• Moderately Retarded 35 - 49
• Severely Retarded 20 – 34
• Profoundly retarded below