2. Sub - Topics
Classification of people on basis of IQ
Intellectual Deficiency or Disability
Intellectual Giftedness
Types of Intelligence Tests
Culture and Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
Aptitude
Creativity
3. Previous Knowledge Testing
To whom will you consider an intelligent person?
Is it possible to divide or categorize people on basis of their intellectual level?
How you can differentiate between highly intelligent and less intelligent person?
Is it necessary an intelligent person can perform well in all spheres of life?
4. Learning Objectives
To conceptualize intelligence from different cultural perspectives.
To categorize individuals on basis of their intellectual abilities.
To assess intellectual abilities of individuals.
To become familiar with concept of emotional intelligence.
To understand difference between aptitude and intelligence.
To understand relationship between intelligence and creativity.
5. Classification of people on basis of IQ
On basis of IQ people can be classified into different
categories and three major categories are:
Intellectually gifted (IQ above 130)
Average IQ (IQ 90-109)
Intellectually Disabled (IQ below 70)
6. Intellectual Deficiency or Disability
According to American Association on Mental Deficiency:
A) Intellectually disabled people have low IQ (Below 70)
B) They cannot adjust according to the environmental demands.
C) This deficit is manifested in the age of 0-18 years.
11. On basis of Language : Verbal Tests
Verbal Tests: In which items are given in written form. Subjects need to give verbal responses either orally or in a
written form. E.g. Binet Simon Test.
12. On basis of Language : Non-Verbal Tests
Non-Verbal Tests: In which items are given in form of symbols and pictures. E.g. Raven's Standard Progressive
Matrices
13. On basis of Language : Performance Tests
Performance Tests: Subjects are required to perform a certain task. E.g. Koh’s Block Design Test
14. On basis of Administration: Individual Tests
Individual Tests: They are administered one person at a time. Rapport building, understanding of feelings and
emotions is possible. E.g. Koh’s Block Design Test.
15. On basis of Administration: Group Tests
Group Tests: They are administered
to several persons at a time.
Rapport building, understanding of
feelings and emotions is not
possible. E.g. Army Alpha Test
16. Culture Fair Tests
Culture Fair Tests: The items of
these tests are designed in such a
way that they are analysed in the
same way in the different cultures.
E.g. Raven's Standard Progressive
Matrices
17. Culture Biased Tests
Culture Biased Tests: The
items of these tests are
biased towards the
culture in which they are
developed.
18. Intelligence Tests In India
Group Test of General Mental Ability by S. Jalota
Group Test of Intelligence by Mehta
Bhatia’s Battery of Performance Test
Draw-a-Man Test by Pramila Pathak
Indian Adaptation of Raven’s SPM
Indian Adaptation of Stanford-Binet Test
19. Video Link for Types of Intelligence Tests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1beIkHfLRk
20. Culture and Intelligence
A person’s intelligence is tuned by different cultural parameters like customs, beliefs, attitudes etc.
Technological Intelligence: (America, Japan) These societies adopt child rearing practices that foster skills to
improve attention, observation, analysis and achievement oriented.
21. Culture and Intelligence
A person’s intelligence is tuned by
different cultural parameters like
customs, beliefs, attitudes etc.
Integral Intelligence: (India) In addition
to cognitive competence, non western
culture look for skills related to others
in society, emotional skills etc.
22. Indian Context: Integral Intelligence
The Sanskrit word ‘BUDDHI’ represents intelligence in the Indian context that has several
components:
1. Cognitive Capacity: It is the ability to understand solve problems and communicate
effectively.
2. Social Competence: It is the development of social skills like accepting social rules,
commitment to others, concern for others.
3. Emotional Competence: It refers to understanding and managing one’s feelings, emotions,
honesty, etc.
4. Entrepreneurial Competence: It refers to patience, commitment, persistence, hard work,
etc.
23. Emotional Intelligence
The concept was introduced by Salovey and Mayer.
According to them, Emotional Intelligence is:
the ability to understand one’s own and other’s emotions.
the ability to regulate and manage one’s and other’s emotions.
the ability to use these emotions effectively for solving problems
and dealing with other social emotions.
25. Video Link for Emotional Intelligence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvEXIfJCHY4
26. Aptitude
Aptitude refers to specific abilities related
to a particular field. It is a combination of
characteristics that indicate an individual’s
capacity to acquire some specific
knowledge and training. It can be assessed
with psychological tests such as DAT i.e.
Differential Aptitude Test.
27. Aptitude Vs Interest
Potential to perform an activity
Aptitude implies interest. If a person
has an aptitude for a particular job, in
most of the cases, he will be interested
in the same job.
Aptitude is permanent, does not
change with time.
Aptitude is influenced by both
heredity and environment.
Preference for an activity
Interest in one field does not imply
that the person has an aptitude for
that particular field.
Interests are temporary and change
from time to time.
Interest is a product of the
environment.
28. Aptitude Vs Intelligence
Aptitude is concerned
with specific mental
abilities.
Aptitude can help to
predict success in a
particular field.
Intelligence is
concerned with general
mental abilities.
Knowledge of
intelligence can help to
predict success in various
areas.
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29. Measurement of Aptitude
Independent Aptitude Test: It assesses aptitude in one particular field.
Multiple Aptitude Test: It assesses aptitude in different fields.
Psychological Tests for Aptitude Testing:
General Aptitude Tests Battery (GATB)
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
David’s Battery of Differential Abilities (DBDA)
30. Creativity
People show creativity in different spheres of life like cooking,
Dancing, writing, painting, etc. but one thing is common that
is production of something unique and new.
There are two ways to show creativity:
A) Brining out something new and unique like new facts
and theories.
B) Showing creativity in already established facts.
31. Creativity: Heredity Vs Environment
In case of heredity and environment both determine creative
expression. Limits of creative potential are determined by
heredity and environmental factors like motivation, family
support, training stimulate the development of creativity.
Persons with high IQ are not necessarily creative and creative
ideas may come from people who are not having high IQ.
Some researches suggest that all creative ideas require
minimum ability to acquire knowledge, comprehend it, retain it
and retrieve it.
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33. Creativity Tests
Creative Tests are generally open-ended which permit persons to use imagination and express divergent
thinking.
Guilford and Merrifield Tests of Creativity
Torrence Tests of Creative Thinking
Passi’s Battery of Creative Tests
Baquer Mehdi’s Test of Creative Thinking
34. Video Link for Creativity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRY0SfjyamY
35. Revision- 1Marks
1. General feature of most of the creative tests is that they are______________.
2. ___________ is an individual’s preference for engaging in one or more specific activities relative to others.
3. Tarini, is a diligent girl, who shows commitment, persistence and patience. All her behaviour is goal directed. Such characteristics focus on
______________________ facet of integral intelligence:
a) Cognitive capacity b) Entrepreneurial competence c) Emotional competence d) Social Competence
4. ______________________ refers to an individual`s underlying potential for acquiring skills.
5. Name any two creative tests.
6. The concept of emotional intelligence has been proposed by __________.
7. _______________ is a set of skills that underlie accurate appraisal, expression and regulation of emotions.
8. Aptitude tests are available in two forms: ___________ and ___________.
9. Creativity tests involves convergent thinking that assess such abilities as ability to produce a variety of ideas. True/False
10. Certain level of intelligence is necessary to be creative. True/False.
36. Revision
11. Explain the relationship between creativity and intelligence.
12.Explain the variations in intellectual ability of mentally challenged and intellectually gifted individuals.
13.Elucidate the difference in various areas of functioning at different levels of mental retardation.
14.Differentiate between ‘technological intelligence’ and ‘integral intelligence’. Elaborate the concept of
intelligence in Indian tradition.
15.Describe verbal, non-verbal and performance tests.
