PSYCO105 Lecture : Jan 23 - Intelligence.docx

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO105
• Professor: Jennifer Passey

Document Summary

The variable capacity the underlies individual differences in reasoning, solving problems, and acquiring new knowledge. Determine the biological and experiential factors that contribute to intelligence by correlating tests scores with other characteristics and experiences. Argued that intelligence is a biological capacity for intellectual achievement that was also hereditary. Believed that intelligence is reflected through basic motor and sensory abilities (ex. Believed that intelligence is a collection of various higher-order mental abilities that are only. Nurtured through the environment and can be increased through education loosely related to one another. Developed originally to identify children who required special attention in school. Oriented toward the skills required for schoolwork. Wechsler adult intelligence scale, third edition (wais 111) Wechsler intelligence scale for children, third edition (wisc 111) Verbal: vocabulary, explain similarities between concepts, general knowledge and understanding of the world, verbal short-term memory span, ability to organize verbal information, and arithmetic.