I have never heard this. I suppose it depends on what one means by "early" IQ test. Binet's test, and Goddard's early translation of it were primarily used on students who were "feeble minded" (as such children were called at the time). Whether girls did better than boys in that context would have to do entirely with the kinds of populations they faced (perhaps girls with severe intellectual deficits were more likely to be kept at home and not sent to any school than similar boys, thus the scores of the girls at the school tended to be higher?). It should be easy enough to find out from Goddard's writings on his work in his school. I don't know about Yerkes' "point test." The Army Alpha and Beta (for obvious reasons) weren't given to girls/women in very large numbers.
When Terman modified and expanded the Binet (and changed the scoring to IQ), he claimed (contrary to common opinion of hte time) that there was no intellectual difference between boys and girls. Regards, Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== Rob Weisskirch wrote: > > > > TIPSfolks, > > A student said that she learned in another class that on early IQ > tests women outperformed men so the tests were altered in order to > have men score higher than women. > > This does not gibe with my understanding of early IQ testing. Does > anyone know the credibility of this claim? > > Thanks, > Rob > > Rob Weisskirch, MSW. Ph.D. > Professor 90.77% Furlough 9.23% > Associate Professor of Human Development > Certified Family Life Educator > Liberal Studies Department > California State University, Monterey Bay > 100 Campus Center, Building 82C > Seaside, CA 93955 > (831) 582-5079 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > This message is intended only for the addressee and may contain > confidential, privileged information. If you are not the intended > recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose any information contained > in the message. If you have received this message in error, please > notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete the message. > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1146 or send a blank email to leave-1146-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
