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Unit 32 : Measurement of Attitude, Aptitude, Personality and Intelligence



            •   Individual Intelligence Tests                                                        Notes
            •   Group Intelligence Tests : These are those intelligence tests which can be administered on a
                large number of subjects at a time.
            •   The intelligence tests are most used in the field of education. They are chiefly used for the
                following tasks :
               (i) For selection of students for admission.
              (ii) For classification of students after admission.
              (iii) For identifying backward and superior students.
              (iv) For arranging education for special children.
              (v) For diagnosis and remedy of problem children.
            •   Clarification is as under :
               (i) Most of the intelligence tests measure limited factors, so they cannot be used to measure
                  intelligence of a person correctly.
              (ii) Most of the intelligence tests measure general intelligence (G), so they cannot measure the
                  intelligence or a person correctly.
              (iii) The obtained marks in intelligence tests are affected by several factors, so they cannot measure
                  the intelligence of a person correctly.
              (iv) Intelligence tests are prepared on the basis of small samples, so they cannot be used to
                  measure the intelligence of a large group correctly.

            32.6 Keywords

            Aptitude     :   Natural ability or skill at doing something
            Attitude     :   The way that somebody think and feelabout something
            Personality  :   The various aspects of a person’s character that combine to make them different
                             from other people.
            32.7 Review Questions

            1.  What do you understand by attitude ? Mention its nature and characteristics ?
            2.  What is the difference between behavioural and psychological techniques of measuring attitude?
            3.  What is aptitude ? Give an introduction of its methods of measurement.
            4.  Discuss administration and scoring method of any aptitude test.
            5.  Mention the different theories of personality.
            6.  Explain the subjective and projective methods of personality.
            7.  What are the types of intelligence test ?
            8.  What is meant by the chronological age, mental age and intelligence quotient of a person in the
                Context of intelligence that ?

            Answers : Self Assessment
            1.  (i)  b            (ii)  d            (iii)  c             (iv)  d
                (v)  a            (vi)  a            (vii)  b
            2.  (i)  T            (ii)  F            (iii)  T             (iv)  F
                (v)  T            (vi)  T            (vii)  F             (viii)T





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