Psychology 2410A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Heredity, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Phonemic Awareness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Sandra Hessels

Document Summary

Intelligence as a single trait: each individual possesses a certain amount of g (general intelligence; common to all tasks) Information-processing speed: the speed of neural transmission in the brain, knowledge of subjects not studied in school. Intelligence as a few basic abilities: the simplest such view holds that there are two types of intelligence, crystallized intelligence: factual knowledge about the world that increases with age. Measuring intelligence: the contents of intelligence tests: measures of intelligence must be based on observable behaviour. Intelligence tests measure aspects of intelligence in child of different ages: they have their greatest success and widest appreciation with older preschoolers and older children. Wechsler intelligence scale for children (wisc-iv: yields overall score and separate scores on four general abilities: verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, working memory, and processing speed. The intelligence quotient (iq: the o(cid:448)e(cid:396)all (cid:395)ua(cid:374)titati(cid:448)e (cid:373)easu(cid:396)e of (cid:272)hild"s i(cid:374)telligence relative to that of other children. Iqs at different ages are easy to compare.