PSY3041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Echoic Memory, Visual Acuity, Short-Term Memory

• School: Monash University
• Department: Health Sciences - Psychology
• Course: PSY3041
• Professor: jake hoskin

Document Summary

Cognitive assessment, including intelligence, is an important assessment skill for all clinicians. The scientific principles and considerations applied in theories and construction of intelligence tests teach us important skills in: scientific inquiry, critical analysis and evidence based practice. Abstract reasoning, problem solving, capacity to acquire new knowledge, memory, adaptability to environment, mental speed, linguistic competence, general knowledge, creativity. Used widely by both laypeople and academics and graphically represented by a normal distribution or bell curve of scores, with a mean of 100 and an sd of 15. Defined intelligence as combined capacity to: find and maintain a definite direction or purpose, make necessary adjustments along the course to achieve that purpose, be willing to engage in self-criticism/reflection to allow for adaptation. General mental ability: abilities cannot be separated because they interact to produce a solution. Age differentiation: intelligence increased with age (among children) and children could be differentiated based on their ability to complete age appropriate tasks.