Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Normal Distribution, Asperger Syndrome, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mike Atkinson

Document Summary

A host of abilities (memory, creativity, problem solving etc) But tests can be misleading (several studies indicate that unschooled people in remote villages cannot solve syllogism) Several studies indicate that unschooled people in remote villages cannot solve syllogisms. Suggests that preliterate people do not (or cannot) use logical analysis. Monk problem (solving problems using graphical analysis) Correct solutions to insight problem involve: selective encoding, selective combinations, selective comparison. All kpelle men are rice farmers; mr. smith is not a farmer. Kpelle would say they cannot tell you, and they said that they don"t take guesses they just said why don"t you ask him. Starts research program to identify those with low abilities. Believes that intelligence was unitary (mental quickness) Request from french government (public school mandatory) Belief that intelligence was a collection of higher-order abilities. No correlation (ability to do math is not related to writing english)