PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Intellectual Giftedness, Transhumanism
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Piaget said it was a type of logic the child uses when they"re thinking about the world. Intelligence is a quantity that reflects an ability that we have. Wechsler asked about the characteristics of intelligent people. He found a different abilities such as common sense, humour and openness were also mentioned (other than the obvious). The items on his test were age graded. From this mental age came into account there is a limitation. This tells you the mental age of individual but it doesnt identify dull or advance children. Mental age is absolute but if you"re older it is a problem. Intelligent quotient = mental age/ chronological age * 100. Terman traqnslated and revised binet"s test with american school children => stanford binet test this is the standard iq test. Terman used white middle class children to normalize the test and this suggest nature issues with the test.
