PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Lewis Terman, Intelligence Quotient, Stereotype Threat

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: All

Document Summary

If you use understanding of car engine to develop how motors work in general this is theoretical wisdom you could use for any type of motor: intelligence allows organisms to adapt to changes and learnt from experience. Wechsler test: deviation iq: one problem of stanford-binet test was mental age stagnates at some point but chronological age does not. Race, gender, iq: marginalized groups in us such as hispanic, aa score lower than caucasians. Asian americans tend to score higher: also tend to believe that their intelligence is fixed at a low level, in accordance with prevailing stereotypes. G determines performance in any content ara: specific abilities such as sensory acuity, processing speed, etc are the s factors of intelligence. This specific intelligence applies to limited content area: g predicts success through life, g reflects a system of basic abilities but it also reflects mental energy available throughout the entire cortex.