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Title: LOST IN TRANSLATION: EXPLORING EUROCENTRICISM IN KEY DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS
Authors: Sairah Mamik
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Sairah Mamik Vasant Valley school
MLA 8 Mamik, Sairah. "LOST IN TRANSLATION: EXPLORING EUROCENTRICISM IN KEY DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 6, no. 5, May 2021, pp. 1600-1606, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i05.017. Accessed May 2021. APA 6 Mamik, S. (2021, May). LOST IN TRANSLATION: EXPLORING EUROCENTRICISM IN KEY DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 6(5), 1600-1606. Retrieved from doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i05.017 Chicago Mamik, Sairah. "LOST IN TRANSLATION: EXPLORING EUROCENTRICISM IN KEY DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 6, no. 5 (May 2021), 1600-1606. Accessed May, 2021. doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i05.017.
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Abstract: Intelligence tests are scientifically devised tools that are used to identify disabilities, account for gaps in potentiality and performance in school, and assess eligibility for welfare rehabilitation, and guidance. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is a popular intelligence test in English for children between the ages of 6 and 16, which was subsequently adapted for Indian students by Arthur J. Malin to create the Malin's Intelligence Scale for Indian Children. This paper has explored challenges associated with the reliability, validity, and dependability of the MISIC as an intelligence test in India. It has been found that the MISIC neither accounts for cultural and educational differences amongst students in India nor has it been renewed since its initial publication to account for the Flynn Effect. Translating the test to indigenous languages is a cumbersome task that further burdens overstretched clinicians and educators in the public sector of India. Lastly, this paper identifies structural problems that restrict psychiatric diagnoses in less developed regions of India and identifies the need for modernizing and improving statesponsored mechanisms that seek to implement the same.

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