PSYC 2113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Intelligence Quotient, Naturism
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Intelligence: ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and adapt to new situations. Charles spearman-describes intelligence as a single general factor. Identified 9 distinct intelligences: linguistic, logical- mathematical, spatial, musical, Each distinct intelligence has a unique developmental history, is regulated by a distinct bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturistic, and existential. region of the brain, and has special cases of talented individuals (savants). Creative intelligence: coming up with fresh ideas for solving problems. Practical intelligence: ability to solve problems of everyday life efficiently. Binet and simon created the first intelligence test. Mental age (ma): measure of performance that corresponds to the chronological age of. Terman revised binet and simon"s test - stanford-binet. Described performance as an intelligence quotient (iq): iq=(mental age/chronological those whose performance equals the individual. Movement to improve a population"s genetic stock. Encouraged those with good genes to reproduce, prevented those with bad genes from. Associated with 2 practices: restriction of immigration, and sterilization of low-iq reproducing. individuals.