TY - JOUR
AU - LAWTON, GEORGE
AB - COMMENT BY GEORGE LAWTON, PH.D. N~w York In this book is described the first attempt to construct an intelligence scale specifically for adults and therefore it is required reading for those interested in mental measurement. Until now, most tests used with adults were not stand­ ardized for anyone over 18. This is as true of the new Terman-Merrill Scale as of the old Stanford-Binet. Those rare scales which did include adults in the stand­ ardization employed too few to be reliable. Moreover, many of the items in adult examinations had no appeal to mature persons. Too much emphasis is laid on speed as compared with power (accuracy). Credit for correctness of response very often depends upon the individual's manipulative ability, either of words or of objects, rather than on comprehension of meaning. The Stanford-Binet, for ex­ ample, is a less successful measure of intelligence at the upper levels where it is overweighted with verbal items. However, to depend solely on performance items in the examination of adults would be equally unsatisfactory, for adults require tests of verbal and performance ability in equal degree. But where the so-called adult examinations are most invalid, as the author justifiably states, is in 
TI - THE MEASUREMENT OF ADULT INTELLIGENCE
JF - American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
DO - 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1939.tb05653.x
DA - 1939-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/the-measurement-of-adult-intelligence-AM00tNiJt1
SP - 808
EP - 810
VL - 9
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -