PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Psychometrics, Achievement Test, Job Performance
19 Jul 2016
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Iq (intelligence quotient: ratio of mental age and chronological age, multiplied by 100. Psychometric approach: map structure of intellect and to discover kinds of mental competencies. Cognitive processes approach: specific thought processes that underlie mental competencies. Factor analysis: reduces a large number of measures to a smaller number of clusters, or factors. The g factor: general intelligence; special abilities might be required to perform that task. Crystallized intelligence: apply previously acquired knowledge to current problems. Fluid intelligence: deal with problem solving situations without personal experience. Three-stratum theory of cognitive abilities: general, broad, narrow. Cognitive process theories: specific info processing and cognitive processes that underlie intellectual ability. Triarchic theory of intelligence: both psychological processes involved in intelligent behaviour: metacomponents. High-order processes used to plan and regulate task performance. Actual mental processes used to perforam the task: knowledge-acquisition components. Learning from experiences, storing info in memory. Gardners multiple intelligences: linguistic, logical-mathematical, visuospatial: spatial problems, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic.
