Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Ender Wiggin, Factor Analysis, Asperger Syndrome
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Intelligence ability to acquire knowledge, to reason effectively &to deal adaptively with the environment: socially constructed concept. Intelligence was inherited: measured reaction speed, hand strength &sensory acuity. Intelligence=unitary (based on mental quickness: skull size was related to intelligence, everything he said was wrong, but he created interest in the field, developed correlation coefficient. A statistic that indicates the direction &strength of a relation between 2 variables. Intelligence was a collection of higher-order abilities (no correlation between each of the abilities that make up intelligence: assumed: Rate of development is constant: standardized test measuring different abilities. Correlated test with the teachers" ratings of the children to make sure results were meaningful (criterion validity: developed a testing score (mental age) Army beta )q test for army recruits that couldn"t read. Long-thorndike intelligence test &otis-lennon school ability test used by school. Wechsler adult intelligence scale measure verbal &non-verbal abilities.