Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Operational Definition, Flynn Effect, Rote Learning

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

Document Summary

Introduction: peck born without corpus callosum + damaged cerebellum -> knows everything -> autism -> low iq. Intelligence ability to acquire knowledge, think and reason effectively and adapt to environment. Intelligence in historical perspective: francis galton (cid:894)da(cid:396)(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s (cid:272)ousi(cid:374)(cid:895, studied family trees -> genius occurred within families -> (cid:862)i(cid:374)he(cid:396)ited (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s(cid:863) Intelligence quotient (iq) mental age/chronological age * 100: not accurate b/c most skills acquired by 6 + there is eventual decline. Today"s iq tests a(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t a (cid:395)uotie(cid:374)t -> relative to scores of people of same age. Psychometric approach: psychometrics statistical study of psychological tests (maps structure of intellect, factor analysis. Level ii complex mental abilities: cattell + hor(cid:374)"s crystallized and fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence (gc) ability to apply past knowledge to current problems. Ltm remains strong (crystallized intelligence improves -> then constant: fluid intelligence (gf) ability to solve new problems with no personal experiences. Involves inductive reasoning + creative problem solving skills.