PSY 640 Ashford University Week 2 Debating Ability Testing Discussion

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Debating Ability Testing

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapters 5 and 6 in the textbook and the required articles for this week, and view the IQ: A history of deceit (Links to an external site.) video.

For your initial post, you will present at least two viewpoints debating professional approaches to assessment used in psychology for your assigned age group. Please see the list below for your assigned age group. In addition to the required reading, research a minimum of one peer-reviewed article from the Ashford University Library on ability testing research at is pertains to your assigned age group.

In your initial post, you must

  • Briefly compare and discuss at least two theories of intelligence and the contemporary assessment measures related to those theories.
  • Analyze challenges related to assessing individuals in your assigned age group and describe any special ethical and sociocultural issues which must be considered.
  • Analyze and provide evidence from validation studies supporting and opposing the use of specific instruments with your assigned population.
  • Present the pros and cons of individual versus group assessment of ability.
  • Summarize the implications of labelling and mislabeling individuals in your assigned age group as a result of testing and assessment.


  • F through J: Children ages 7 through 16

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Briefly compare and discuss at least two theories of intelligence and the
contemporary assessment measures related to those theories.
The first theory of intelligence is the Cattell-Horn Carol (Gregory, 2016). The theory
involves a hierarchal intelligence model that associates crystallized intelligence and the CattellHorn theory. It speculates a broad intellectual ability with various specialized skills. The theory
claims that individual skills are together used in one task to arrive at a logical conclusion. The
contemporary assessment measures associated with Carroll's tri-stratum mode are the StandfordBinet intelligence scale; it is a theory of psychology related to the intelligence scales utilized for
children in early childhood. The theory involves a test checklist conducted through observation.
Software that generates reports for patients' parents is used in the assessment test. The assessment
measure consists of an observation test that includes features and particular behaviors that are
determined by factors of intelligence involving verbal and non- verbal domains. Standford-Binet
intelligence scales is the same as the Hierarchal modes in that it provi...


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