PSY30400 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Working Memory, Factor Analysis
Take Home Points Exam 3
Gc and Gf
• G = rstallized itelligee koledge
• Gf = fluid itelligee astrat reasoig
o Must be assessed using task that grasp unfamiliar relationships rather than
knowledge—Rae’s atries
o A lot to do with disengagement and control
Raven’s
• Best way to predict Gf
• Figuring out the pattern
• Reasoning task
working memory
• Way to measure Gf
• Working memory capacity tests good predictor of IQ
o Operation span
o Symmetry span
o Reading span
• Gf is a little more than WMC; but very related
Factor analysis
• Measuring multiple forms of intelligence
• Charles’s “peara 2 fator theor a eaple—g and s
• Other theories developed with multiple forms
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