PSYC 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: David Wechsler, Intellectual Disability, Asian Americans

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1150
• Professor: jackson

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9. 1 identify different models and types of intelligence. Different types of intelligences include linguistic, logico-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinaesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic and maybe existential. Differe(cid:374)t (cid:373)odels of i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:894)ster(cid:374)(cid:271)erg"s triar(cid:272)hi(cid:272) model(cid:895): a(cid:374)alyti(cid:272)al i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)e (ability to reason logically), practical intelligence (ability to solve real-world problems, especially people problems) and creative intelligence (ability to come up with novel and effective answers to questions. Intelligence is not a by-product of sensory capacity, various senses are uncorrelated with one another and with school performance. 9. 4 explain the history of misuse of intelligence tests. David wechsler: wais- deviation iq= expression of iq relative to same aged peers. More than 40% of immigrants who barely knew language were classified as having an intellectual disability. Euge(cid:374)i(cid:272)s: (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t to i(cid:373)pro(cid:448)e a populatio(cid:374)"s ge(cid:374)eti(cid:272) sto(cid:272)k (cid:271)y e(cid:374)(cid:272)ouragi(cid:374)g those (cid:449)ith good genes to reproduce, discouraging those with bad genes from reproducing. 9. 5 distinguish the unique characteristics of mental retardation and mental giftedness.