Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, National Association Of Scholars

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Correct solution to insight problems involve: selective encoding, selective combination, selective comparison. A host of abilities (memory, creativity, etc) Several studies indicate that unschooled people in remote villages cannot solve syllogisms. Suggests that preliterate people do not (or can not) use logical analysis. All kpelle men are rice farmers; mr. smith is not a rice farmer. Is he a kpelle man: ecological approach. Galton: 1869 relatives of intelligent people, starts research program to identify those with low ability, measures simple motor and sensory abilities, believes that intelligence was unitary (mental quickness, develops correlation coefficient, results disappointing. Binet: request from french government (public school mandatory, ability results from learning, sharp contrast to galton, belief that intelligence was a collection of higher order abilities . No correlation: binet and simon develop test in early 1900"s tapping a number of abilities (memory, math, etc, correlate scores with teacher rating. Tests revised and concept of mental age introduced.