PSYC1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Internal Consistency, Unobservable, Imbecile

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC1002
• Professor: Caleb

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Describe the difference between latent and manifest variables: manifest (observable variables, these are variables which we can see/observe, examples: behaviour, test scores, responses, etc. Describe the difference between implicit and explicit theories of intelligence. Implicit theories of intelligence: they are beliefs about intelligence (informal definitions of intelligence) They looked at the learning trajectories of 7th graders. The belief that intelligence is malleable (incremental theory) predicted an upward trajectory in grades over the two years of high school, while a belief that intelligence is fixed (entity theory) predicted a flat trajectory. The incremental theory led to more effort and a more positive response to failure in participants: sternberg (1981) Intelligence relates to success in cognitively demanding tasks (but not necessarily highly related: explicit theories of intelligence, explicit theories use data collected from people performing tasks that require intelligent cognition, theories do(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s (cid:272)o(cid:448)er all of i(cid:374)telligence.