HLTH 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Intelligence Quotient, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence
17 Oct 2013
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Textbook: lifespan development: a topical approach 2nd edition. Intelligence is the capacity to understand the world, think with rationality, and use resources effectively when faced with challenges. Iq score = mental age 100/chronological age. Stanford-binet intelligence scale (5th edition: asked to answer questions about everyday activities or to copy complex figures, test is administered orally, and given progressively more difficult problems until they are unable to proceed. Wechsler intelligence scale for children (4th edition) and wechsler adult intelligence. Scale (4th edition: separate measures of verbal and performance skills. The verbal tasks are traditional word problems testing skills. Complex design, arranging pictures in a logical order. Reliability exist when a test measures consistently what it is trying to measure. Validity when it actually measures what it is supposed to measure. Fluid intelligence reflects information processing capabilities, reasoning, and memory. Crystallized intelligence is the cumulative information, skills and strategies people have learned and can apply in solving problems.
