PSY 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: David Wechsler, Intelligence Quotient, William Shockley
6 Apr 2016
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Wechsler: global capacity of individual to act purposefully, to think rationally and deal effectively with his environment. Gardner: intellectual competence must entail set of skills of problem solving, create effective product, entail potential for finding or creating problems (cid:1) (cid:1) Spearman 2 factor model: g-general factor. All intellectual activities share a single common core. The thing we consider intelligence: s-specific factors. Responsible for unique aspects of the performance of any given task. These affect g but they all load onto g. Thurstone"s primary mental abilities: disagreed with spearman. Verbal, perceptual speed, inductive reasoning, number, rote memory, deductive reasoning, word fluency, space/visualization. Cattell & horn"s fluid and crystalized intelligence: believed intelligence tests were too focused on verbal skills, crystalized. Acquired skill and knowledge from formal education and general life experiences. More influenced by environment and culture and develops throughout the life span: fluid. Though to be determined by genetics and biological factors. Develops throughout childhood and plateaus by early adulthood.
