PSYC 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Psychometrics, Factor Analysis
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It is the ability to solve problems and to adapt to and learn from experiences. It is that which is measured by intelligence test. Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence [albert einstein, 1879-1955] It is the objective measurement of skills and knowledge using data driven procedures. Cattell horn theorized these two types of intelligence: Crystalized knowledge: you use all the knowledge you already know. These two intelligences can predict a number of outcome including education attainment, job success. Second is also creative [non-academic, unique answers] Intelligence is the efficient interaction of the three components. It is difficult to measure some components [e. g. dancers] Some of the skills seems arbitrary [e. g. gardner"s musical why not] Stanford binet intelligence scale [the original iq test] and the wechsler scales are the most common.
