OF THE INTELLIGENCE OF YOUNG CHILDREN 73 



TESTS ARRANGED IN AGE AND DIAGNOSTIC 

 GROUPS FOR CONVENIENCE IN CON- 

 DUCTING EXAMINATIONS. 



IDIOTS. 



Mental Age 1 and 2 Years.* 



1. Move lighted match slowly before child's eyes. Full 

 credit given if eyes follow light for briefest period. 



2. Place a wooden block in child's hand. Credit given if 

 block is grasped. 



3. Show the wooden block without touching child with it 

 and say: "This is for you, don't you want it to play with?" 

 Credit given if child takes it. 



4. Offer child a piece of wood and a piece of chocolate 

 of the same size. Credit given if he eats the chocolate and 

 does not attempt to eat the wood. 



5. Show child a piece of chocolate, then wrap it in paper 

 and present it to him telling him to eat it. Credit given if he 

 removes the paper before eating. 



6. Make simple movements, clapping the hands, sitting 

 down, standing up, etc., and tell the child to do the same. Credit 

 given if one intention is accomplished. 



*These tests for children of 1 and 2 years of age are taken from 

 the 1905 series, Methodes nouvelles pour le diagnostic du niveau 

 intellectuel des anormeau, L'Annee Psychologique 11, 1905, page 199. 



