PSY313H5 Lecture Notes - Flynn Effect, Air Traffic Controller, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence
Document Summary
Cannot be answered with empirical evidence alone because there are various ways to collect data, such as longitudinal or cross-sectional which lead to diff estimates in age related results of intelligence. Disagreements arise when it comes to explaining the data. Scholars have questions of the validity of these tests. First appeared in 1959 in america, first standardized in nyc. Newest version is called wais 4, introduced in 2008. Data that concerns us were gathered with previous versions. Bulk of data pertains to data gathered in previous versions. The wais remains one of the most extensively used tests for general intellectual assessment of older adults. Has provided many of the data based on the current debate. Each subtests range from easy to increasingly difficult to very difficult. Meant to measure our store of world knowledge. And our ability to apply and make use of it. Our knowledge that is sensible and rational behavior of every day situations.
