Psychological testing in psychopathology

Abstract

The author stresses the importance of separating the rating of the normal intelligence of a subject from that of his present efficiency, and insists that the difference between the two scores is of more importance in testing in psychopathology than either score alone or any combination rating. She says that we should have with the mental age three figures or statements which give a better idea of what it means: (1) one indicating the condition of the sensory functions; (2) a measure of the scholastic level as determined by such tests as analogies and the vocabulary tests; (3) a measure of the efficiency level, derived from results on a group of tests to be especially planned which will either emphasize the impression of new data or time responses requiring old learning. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)