PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intelligence Quotient, Verbal Fluency Test, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence
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Psychologists cannot agree on a precise definition of intelligence. Boring"s definitions "intelligence is whatever intelligence tests measure" An internal capacity hypothesized to explain people"s ability to: Use of psychological tests to measure the mind and mental processes. Spearman was the first to use psychometrics with any success to test intelligence. Factor analysis: a procedure that groups together related items on tests by analyzing correlations among them. Spearmen argued that a single factor "g" (general intelligence) underlies performance on variety of mental tests. A separate factor "s" (specific intelligence) is unique to each particular test. Others argue for several kinds of primary mental abilities (not just "g") Fluid intelligence: ability to learn new ways of solving problems, to reason and to e on a. Fluid intelligence: ability to learn new ways of solving problems, to reason and to remember. Crystallized intelligence: the accumulated knowledge of world we gain overtime. People posses a set of separate and independent intelligence.
