PSYC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Neuropsychology, Lewis Terman, David Wechsler
28 Jul 2016
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Spearman"s two factor theory of intelligence: o g factor: general factor apprehension of experience (understanding of experience) education of relations (figuring out from facts) education of correlates (applying rules from one case to another, s factoro specific factor. Fluid intelligenceo reasoning ability, memory capacity, speed of processing o cultural free. Crystal intelligenceo ability to apply acquired knowledge and skills in problem solving o requires information from one"s culture. Creative intelligenceo ability to deal creatively with novel situations. Can they come up with new ideas - practical intelligence: behaviours that are subject to natural selection. Sir francis galton (1822-1911)o observed family differences in ability: anthropometric laboratory (1884). Got people to pay and he would measure their intelligence: neurological efficiency, intelligence was heritable (eugenics and nature versus nurture). Generations of families were doctors, so child becomes doctor. Generations of criminals, so child becomes a criminal: hereditary genus (1869, normal curve, correlations, twin studies, adoption studies.
