FRHD 2060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Problem Solving, Normal Distribution

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2060
• Professor: Scott Maitland

Document Summary

Intelligence is more than a fixed set of characteristics; it includes: problem solving, verbal ability (aka communication, social competence. Need to be measured reliably/validly: reliable: measures something consistently, valid: is actually measuring what it"s supposed to be measuring. Theories of intelligence have 4 concepts: 1. Lots of aspects of intelligence: 2. Different patterns of intelligence (?: 3. Dual component model of intellectual functioning important: mechanics of intelligence (fluid) Neurophysiological architecture of the brain contributing to intelligence. Transmission in the brain, speed of response signals. May have interference with physical declines with age. Ask an older person to write an intelligence test by hand, but they have arthritis, so it"s hard to write: score lower due to physical disability, not decline in intelligence, pragmatics of intelligence (crystallized) Measuring intelligence as a score on standardized tests. Focuses on understanding how people conceptualize and solve problems. Emphasizes thinking methods/strategies, and developmental changes: structure of intelligence: organization of interrelated intellectual abilities.