Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Prefrontal Cortex, Determinism, Savant Syndrome

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas-de Hoog

Document Summary

Intelligence is a set of abilities which allows us to. Defining intelligence: acquire knowledge, think rationally, act purposefully, deal effectively with environment, can be thought of as a capacity rather than a thing. Intelligence testing: operational definition: scores obtained on a test, construct: intelligence. Wechsler tests: most popularly administered intelligence tests in north america: measures verbal and performance intelligence, wias-r, wisc, 4 (cid:498))ndex scales(cid:499, verbal comprehension, vocabulary: asked to define words or to name an object. Francis galton: thought intelligence occurred within certain families. (cid:498))nherited mental constitutions(cid:499: evolutionary perspective, measured head circumference and perceptual speed. Alfred binet: children were unable to benefit from school as much as others your age: mental age: highest level of functioning; ie reading books at level higher than, established (cid:498)typical(cid:499) mental functioning of children at various ages. Stanford-binet: reflect individuals performance relative to peers (iq)