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Figure 13.10 The Dove Counterbalance Intelligence Test
In the 1960s, psychologist Adrian Dove developed the Counterbalance Intelligence Test to stress that cultural background can influence performance on an intelligence test. What character- istics would a test without cultural bias have?
1. “T-Bone Walker” got famous for playing what?
a. Trombone d. Guitar
b. Piano e. “Hambone” c. “T-Flute”
2. Who did “Stagger Lee” kill (in the famous blues legend)? a. His mother d. His girlfriend b. Frankie e. Billy
c. Johnny
3. If you throw the dice and “7” is showing on top, what is facing down? a. “seven” d. “little Joes”
b. “snake eyes” e. “eleven”
c. “boxcars”
4. “You’ve got to get up early in the morning if you want to _________.”
a. catch the worms
b. be healthy,
wealthy, and wise
c. try to fool me
d. fare well
e. be the first one on the street
5. Many people say that “Juneteenth” (June 19) should be made a legal holiday because this was the day when _________.
a. the slaves were freed in the USA b. the slaves were freed in Texas
c. the slaves were freed in Jamaica
d. the slaves were freed in California e. Martin Luther King was born
f. Booker T. Washington died
Name of Test How Scored
Stanford-Binet
Wechsler tests
5. Application Activity
Develop a list of criteria that you think are essential in determining intelli-
gence. Compare your list with your classmates’ lists and together create a class list.
made to make the tests less biased (see Figure 13.10). However, it is unlikely that a test will ever be developed that will be completely free of cultural bias. All tests are based on the assumptions of a particular culture.
Assessment
1. Review the Vocabulary What are the two-factor and triarchic theories of intelligence?
2. Visualize the Main Idea Using a chart similar to the one below, describe how the two major tests of intelligence are scored.
3. Recall Information What are Gardner’s eight types of intelligence?
4. Think Critically Which has the great- est effect on intelligence—nature or nurture? Explain.
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