David Wechsler
David Wechsler · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychologist who created the Wechsler intelligence scales
1896, Lespezi, Romania — 1981, New York City, USA
Romania · United States
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Wechsler was a Jewish American psychologist who created the Wechsler intelligence scales — including the WAIS for adults and the WISC for children — which became the most widely used individual IQ tests in the world. He defined intelligence as a global capacity and measured it across multiple subtests rather than a single number. Born to a Jewish family in Lespezi, Romania, he emigrated as a child to the United States and worked chiefly at Bellevue Hospital in New York.
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Psychologist who created the Wechsler intelligence scales
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