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MENTAL AGE [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Educational Psychology
CONT

A child's MA is assessed by determining what mental tasks he can do successfully. If he can perform tasks generally performed well by six-year-olds but not tasks generally performed well by seven-year-olds, his MA is six, and so on.

OBS

A score devised by Alfred Binet to represent a child's test performance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Psychologie scolaire
DEF

Niveau du développement intellectuel d'un enfant, déterminé par ses résultats aux tests d'intelligence, étalonnés selon les différents âges (test de Binet-Simon déterminant un Q.I.).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología (Generalidades)
  • Psicología educacional
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