9 Bhatia Battery Performance Test.pdf

Intelligence test

1. Prepared by
Dezy Shukla

2. “Intelligenceistheabilitytoadjustoneselftoanewsituation.”
W. Stern 1914
“Intelligenceistheabilitytothinkabstractly.”
Terman1921
“Intelligenceissometimedescribedastheabilitytolearnquicklyand
toretainlearning.”
Haber and Fried 1975
Intelligenceisthecapacitytounderstandtheworld,thinkingrationally
anduseResourceseffectivelywhenfacedwithchallenges.”
Feldman (Known)

3. Classification on the basis of Administration
IndividualIntelligenceTest:Testgivenoneononebyacertified
evaluator,mostcommonlyusedforeducationalplacement
decisions.Like-Koh’sBlockTest,PassAlongTest
GroupIntelligenceTest:Giventoalargegrouporwholeclass,
Administratedbyteachersasascreeningprocesstodetermine
whodiffersfromtheaverageandacloserlookorindividualtest.
Like-ArmyAlphaTest,ArmyBetaTest
Classification on the basis of Posts
VerbalIntelligenceTest
Non-VerbalIntelligenceTest
PerformanceIntelligenceTest
Non-LanguageIntelligenceTest

5. ChandraMohanBhatia,formerdirectorofUttarPradeshManoVigyanshala
ConstructedthistestforIndianPopulationin1955.
FiveSub–Tests:
Koh’sBlockDesign
AlexanderPassaLong
PatternDrawingTest
ImmediateMemoryTest
PictureConstructionTest

6. Standardizationof05subtestswasdoneforover4yearsinvillage&cities
inplaceofcrossculturalsettings.
SplitHalfReliability:.55
Validity:.77
Correlationwithotherintelligencetestsis:.67-.82
TotalMaximumtime:1hour.
TotalMaximumscore:95

7. Koh’sBlockDesignTest-10typesoftestsoutoftheKoh’sBlockDesignTesthave
beenincludedinthebattery.Thereisonecardoneverysubjectuponwhichis
depictedacolourdesign.TheSubjectortheexamineeseedesignandmakesa
similaroneoutoftheblockasshownthefigurebelow.Thesedesignsbecome
correspondinglymoreamorecomplex,havingbeensimpleatthestart.
AlexanderPassAlongTest-TheBhatiabatteryalsoincludesAlexanderPassAlong
Test,therearesomedesigns.Thesubjectshiftscolouredpiecesinanopenboxand
placesthemsimilardesign.
PatternDrawingTest-ThistesthasbeendevelopedbyDr.Bhatiahimself.Inthis
thereareeightcardsoneachofwhichthereisaparticularform.Thesubjectdraw
particularfigureofpatternafterseeingthisform.

8. ImmediateMemoryTest-Somedigitsarerecited,whichareimmediately
repeatedbythesubject.Thisactivitythroessomelightontheimmediate
memoryofthesubject.
PictureConstructionTest-Inthissub-test,therearefivesubjects,inwhich
picturesrelatingtotheIndianrurallifearefragmentedinto2,4,6,8and12
piecesrespectively.Atonetime,Piecesofapictureareplacedbeforethe
subjectwhoputstheminorderandconstructsthepicture.

9. Instructions for Koh’sBlock Design Test
Design No.No. of BlockMax.Time (In Min.)
1 4 2
2 4 2
3 4 2
4 4 2
5 9 2
6 9 3
7 9 3
8 16 3
9 16 3
10 16 3
Note:-Stopthetestwhenfailurehasbeenrecordedtwicein
succession.

10. Koh’sBlock Design Test

11. Instructions for Pass-A-Long Test
Design no. Block Max. Time (In Min.)
1 As per design 2
2 As per design 2
3 As per design 2
4 As per design 2
5 As per design 3
6 As per design 3
7 As per design 4
8 As per design 4
Note:-Blockhave not to be lifted, but mayonly be moved.

12. Pass-A-Long Test

13. There are eight patterns
Increasing difficulty from 1
st
to 8
th
Without repeating lines and without lifting pencil
Stop the test when failure has been recorded twice in succession.
Maximum 2 minutes for each 4 patterns & 3 minutes for patterns no. 5-8

14. Pattern-Drawing Test

15. Iwillsamething.
Listenattentively.
RepeatitafterIhavefinished.
WestartwithTwoletters&lastgoto9letters.
WehaveThreealternativesets.Iffailureisrecordedinthefirstset,trythe
secondandthirdalternativesets.
Iffailureisrecordedinallthethreealternativesafinalfailureisrecordedand
westop.

16. Sub Tests Parts Time(In Minutes)
1 2 2
2 4 2
3 6 2
4 8 3
5 12 3
Note:-Incaseoffailure,recordnotonlyfailure
butthenumberofpiecesthesubjectwasableto
fitincorrectlywithinthetimelimit.
Stopthetestwhenfailurehasbeenrecorded
twiceinsuccession.

17. IntelligenceQuotient-Intelligenceisthecapacitytounderstandtheworld,
thinkingrationallyanduseResourceseffectivelywhenfacedwith
challenges.SterncreatedtheconceptofIQ.
MentalAge-Theageofchildrenwhoaveragedacertainscoreonintelligence
testsassignedtothetesttakebasedontheirachievedscoretoassessif
theyareperformingatthesamelevelastheirpeers.
ChronologicalAge-ActualAge

18. Picture Construction Test

19. 140-169 VerySuperior
120-139 Superior
110-119 HighAverage
90-109 NormalorAverage
80-89 LowAverage
70-79 BorderlineDefective
50-69 Moron
25-49 Imbecile
0-24 Idiot

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