School Psychologist Praxis Study Cards

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Anne Anastasi

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Known as the "test guru"
Concerned with issues related to test construction, test misuse, misinterpretation and cultural bias
Argued against the strictly hereditarian position; emphasized the role of experiential, environmental and cultural influences on intelligence test scores

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Lightmer Witmer

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Founder of School Psychology

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Granville Stanley Hall

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Child Study Movement;
Nature/Nurture;
Exceptional Children

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Arnold Gesell

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FIRST School Psychologist

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Francis Galton

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Founder of Individual Psychology;
published Classification of Men According to their Natural Gifts;
Proponent of Eugenics
Coined Nature vs. Nurture
First to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and inheritance of intelligence
Introduced the use of questionnaires and surveys for collecting data on human communities

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Wundt

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First psychological laboratory

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Spearman

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Introduced two-factor theory of intelligence
Generl factor (g) and specific factors (s)

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Binet

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Developed with Simon the Binet-Simon Scale

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Terman

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Published the Stanford Revision and extension fo the Binet-Simon Scale

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Thurstone

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Proposed a multiple-factor analytic approach to the study of intelligence

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Wechsler

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Published the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale

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Cattell

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Published the Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale