Flowers for Algernon

“Flowers for Algernon”

Rorschach Test:

In the story "Flowers for Algernon" the main character, Charlie Gordon, had to take a Rorschach test. This test is more commonly known as the inkblot test. The Rorschach Test was developed by a Swiss psychiatrist named Hermann Rorschach. This test was designed to determine personality traits by interpreting a subject's responses to inkblot images.

Look at the following inkblots and decide what it looks like to you. Write down your responses in the space below. RESPONSES: Thematic Apperception Test: The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a psychological test. The subjects' responses, in the narratives they make up about ambiguous pictures of people, reveal their underlying motives, concerns, and the way they see the social world. Historically, the test has been among the most widely researched, taught, and used of such techniques.

Maze: Charlie races against Algernon in a Maze. He can’t seem to beat him.

Charlie has to take an IQ TEST:

IQ. (intelligence quotient) in general, is an assessment of your ability to think and reason. IQ score is a standardized way of comparing this ability with the majority of people the same age as you are. A score of 100 means that compared to these people in your general age group that you have basically an average intelligence. Most psychologists would say those scoring in a range of 95 to 105 are of a normal intelligence or have an average IQ. Actual IQ score may vary plus or minus five points since it is very difficult to get an IQ score with complete accuracy. Keep in mind, there are many outside factors that may have a negative impact on your score. For instance, if you are not feeling well at the time of taking the test. Or perhaps you are distracted by something on that particular day. These things may affect your score. Additionally, IQ is not the be all end all of a person's abilities in life. IQ score fails to measure things such as manual dexterity (obviously), musical talent, and a slew of other abilities that may lead one to many different successes in life. However, your score on an IQ test will give you a pretty accurate indication of the ability you possess to think, reason and solve problems which can often be critical in many phases of your life.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS:

1 If Bob sold 15 apples in a working week, what is the average number of apples he sells each day? 2 “Pig is to pork” as “Cow is to _____”: ◦ Lamb ◦ Beef ◦ Stew ◦ Cattle 3 If you have a cube which is 5m x 5m x 5m, what is the cubic metres this container would hold? 4 “Boat is to water” therefore “Plane is to _____” ◦ Fly ◦ Sky ◦ Float ◦ Air Answers to the above IQ Ability Test: 1 -3 – there are 5 days in a working week, so you divide 15 by 5 = 3 2 Beef – Pig is the animal pork meat comes from so what meat comes from Cows – Beef 3 125 cubic meters – to work this out you multiple each dimension of the cube by the others. 5x5 = 25; 25*5=125 4 Air – Boats travel through the water and water goes through a boat's engine, therefore what do planes travel through and what goes through the engine? The Air.