Description
Week 5: Culture and Intelligence
Instructions
Assignment Elements
For this written assignment, you are to consider the role of culture in assessing intelligence. In so doing, you are to attend to the following:
You are to select a specific demographic (i.e., race/ethnicity and age range) (e.g., adolescent Latinx males, elementary age African American children, college age female Asian students).
What are the cultural factors that are relevant to understand when assessing intelligence for your selected demographic?
You are to select a specific measurement of intelligence that corresponds to the selected demographic.
How does the specific measurement assess intelligence? What are the psychometric properties? How has this measurement been normed? How does the normed population relate to your selected demographic? Are there possible areas of concern with respect to interpretation of results because of your selected demographic?
How might the Code of Ethics help you with this assessment scenario?
Are there any other relevant factors that need to be considered when assessing intelligence with your selected demographic with the chosen intelligence measure?
Formatting Specifics
Integrate at least 4 scholarly resources to inform and validate your work.
Use APA 7 to format your paper.
It is strongly recommended that you utilize the enumerated points listed under Part B as headings and/or subheadings within the written narrative of your paper.
Week 5 – Interviews, Intro to Personality Testing
The Wiley handbook of personality assessment. Chapters 7 and 8
Assessment in neuropsychology, Chapters 1-3
Handbook of psychological assessment, Chapter 12
References
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Flynn, J. R. (1987). Massive IQ gains in 14 nations: What IQ tests really measure. Psychological Bulletin, 101, 171-191.
Gardner, H. (1993). Multiple intelligence: The theory in practice. Basic Books.
Grissmer, D. W., et al. (1994). Student Achievement and the Changing American Family. RAND Corp.
Neisser, U., et al. (1996). Intelligence: Known and unknowns. American Psychologist, 51, 77-104.
Piaget, J. (2003). The psychology of intelligence (M. Piercy & D.E. Berlyne, Trans.). Taylor & Francis. (Original work published 1950). < https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/reader.... >
Sattler, J. M. (2001). Assessment of children: Cognitive applications (4th ed.). Jerome M. Sattler, Publisher, Inc.
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Spearman, C. (1927). The abilities of man: Their nature and measurement. Macmillan.
Sternberg, R. J. (1985). Implicit theories of intelligence, creativity, and wisdom. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 49, 607-627.
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