Question- What are the uses of Intelligence Tests ?

Answer-

Uses of Intelligence Tests

(1) Selection : Intelligence tests are used for the purpose of making selection of suitable candidates in the following cases :

1. Admission to a particular course of instruction.
2. Awarding scholarships.
3. Selecting candidates for participation in co-curricular activities.
4. Choice of candidates for assigning some specific responsibilities.

(2) Classification : Intelligence tests help the teachers to classify the students as bright, dull and average. This makes it possible for the teacher to put them into homogeneous groups and bring efficiency in teaching-learning process.

(3) Potentialities of Students : Intelligence tests help in revealing the potentialities of students and predicting their success in different fields.

(4) Educational and Vocational Guidance : Intelligence tests help the counsellor in guiding students in the selection of various courses of instruction and occupation.

(5) Teaching Methods : Intelligence tests help the teacher in selecting proper teaching methods for students of various degrees of intelligence.

(6) Level of Aspiration : Intelligence Tests help the counsellor for suggesting proper level of aspiration to students of different standards of intelligence.

(7) Promotion : Intelligence tests prove useful in promoting the personnel in industrial, occupational and social position.

(8) Diagnosis : Intelligence tests help the experts in the diagnosis of the root causes of problematic behaviour and mental diseases and suggest possible remedies.

(9) Research Work : Intelligence tests prove very useful in psychological, sociological and educational research work. For example, research workers have made excessive use of intelligence tests in deciding the relative roles of heredity and environment in the process of growth and development.

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