Kovacs Kristof, Pléh Csaba
Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eotvos Lorand University Budapest, 1053 Budapest, Hungary.
Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University, 1051 Budapest, Hungary.
J Intell. 2023 Feb 21;11(3):41. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence11030041.
William Stern is mostly renowned for inventing the IQ formula. However, he is also the originator of the term 'differential psychology' itself. His program of differential psychology synthesized population-based correlational studies as well as idiosyncratic approaches focusing on unique profiles of individuals. We argue that his approach still offers valuable ideas to this day; in particular, the individualistic sub-programme of Stern's differential psychology corresponds to a large extent to ipsative testing that emphasizes a profile-based analysis of individual strengths and weaknesses.
威廉·斯特恩主要因发明智商公式而闻名。然而,他也是“差异心理学”这一术语的创造者。他的差异心理学计划综合了基于群体的相关性研究以及关注个体独特特征的特质性方法。我们认为他的方法至今仍提供有价值的观点;特别是,斯特恩差异心理学的个人主义子计划在很大程度上对应于强调基于个人优势和劣势的剖析分析的个体内比较测验。