CATTELL INFANT INTELLIGIENCE

Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale

 
This paper will discuss the Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale. The discussion will include the historical roots including background information on the developer. The significance of the development will also be discussed. How the Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale has impacted the development of psychological testing in the 21st century.
Historical Roots
The Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale (CIIS) was developed by Psyche Cattell in 1940. Psyche was the daughter of James McKeen Cattell who has been mistaken as the developer of the CIIS and has impacted the field of American psychology. Psyche’s education began with her being home schooled but she would eventual earn a Doctorate in Education from Harvard and a Masters Degree’s from Cornell (Sokal, 1991). Plucker (2003) says that Psyche worked with Terman while studying at Stanford assisting him in revising the Stanford Aptitude Test and developing a......

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Title: Research In Psychology
Approximate Word Count: 699
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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