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Essay Instructions: Intelligence Definitions:
Comparing and Contrasting Multiple Intelligence Definitions

In a two page paper, compare and contrast the differences between intelligence definitions of Alfred Binet, David Wechsler, Jean Piaget, Francis Galton, Charles Spearman, and Robert Sternberg.

Reference used is Psychological Testing and Assessment, 6th Edition, by Ronald Jay Cohen and Mark E. Swerdlik.

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Essay Instructions: In 2800-3000 words, compare and contrast the intelligence pathologies revealed by the Church Committee investigations with those contributing to the 9-11 disaster and the Iraqi WMD assessment. What do the respective abuses/failures of these eras tell us about which intelligence pathologies are most intractable, and which appear to me more a function of the post-Cold War threat environment?

Church Committee Reports:
selected sections, online at
http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/cointelpro/cointel.htm

CRS, Director of National Intelligence Statutory Authorities: Status and Proposals, Apr. 17, 2008, online at http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL34231.pdf

CRS, Organizing the U.S. Government for National Security: Overview of
the Interagency Reform Debates (Apr. 18, 2008), online at http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL34455.pdf

CRS, Congressional Oversight of Intelligence: Current Structure and Alternatives (Apr. 1, 2008) online at
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL32525.pdf

CRS, PL 110-55, the Protect America Act of 2007: Modifications to FISA (Feb. 14, 2008), online at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/crs-rl34143.pdf

Warner & McDonald, “USIC Intelligence Reform Studies Since 1947” (2005), online at https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/US%20Intelligence%20Community%20Reform%20Studies%20Since%201947.pdf

Essay Instructions: Assess the political factors that shape contemporary debates over intelligence policy, effectiveness, and accountability, and the prospects for a national consensus on the proper balance to strike between security and civil liberty. Who should strike the balance; applying what standards or heuristics? Would it help to change the frame of reference for the debate? If so, how?


Reference:
CRS, Congressional Oversight of Intelligence: Current Structure and Alternatives (Apr. 1, 2008) online at
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL32525.pdf



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Essay Instructions: Submit a 3-5 page paper (excluding the title page and reference section) explaining the origins of theories of intelligence and intelligence testing. Select one current theory of intelligence and analyze its strengths and weaknesses. Explain how intelligence is assessed in current times. The paper should include a minimum of one external source in addition to the textbook and the Reynolds article.
Please include abstract
The history and development of intelligence theory and testing are explained.
A current theory of intelligence is explained and its strengths and weaknesses are analyzed.
Current methods of measuring intelligence are explained.
Empirical research is used to support the writer’s points.
The paper includes a summary and analysis of research materials that are relevant to the assignment, e.g. scholarly journals, professional articles, legal documents, government documents, legal decisions, media clips, software, measurement instruments websites, personal communication, etc.
Professional/scholarly journals are peer reviewed and focus on the profession/application of psychology (located on Proquest, EBSCOHost, PsycNET, etc.).
Non-scholarly articles include newspapers, periodicals, secular magazines, etc, and are not peer reviewed. Websites not approved include wilkipedia.com and about.com.
Research focuses on the most current information (past five to ten years) except when citing seminal works (e.g. Freud, Erickson, etc.).




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