PSYC 3930 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Schizophrenia, Flynn Effect, Hypochondriasis
11 Nov 2015
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Ability to understand, think critically and process information. Experience shapes that (nature and nurture both has influence) Ability to do things has impacts on intelligence. All intellectual activity shares a single common core. Specific factors (s): anything that is not g like someone"s abstract reasoning. Thurstone"s is a little different that spearman first alternative to spearman. Crystalized: general knowledge or facts we learn from life. Information processing model: less on organization and focuses on how the brain processes info. Componential: look at executive functioning (plan, or organize) Experiential: how a new task influences problem solving. There are multiple intelligences (linguistics, body kinesthetic etc) Weschler: global capacity to function in a proper matter in society. Really no need for it in the tx setting. Premorbid iq is testing with a reading or vocabulary test just looking for below average, average or above average. Correlation does not imply causation breast feeding does not cause high iq.
