PSY 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sat, Abecedarian Early Intervention Project, Operational Definition
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Intelligence: ability to act purposely, think rationally, deal effectively with environment. Operational definition: specifies how a concept will be measured. Abstract measures assess how well an individual uses reasoning skills and applies what they know. Speed of processing: how well an individual performs a task under pressure. Intelligence can be measured using abstract, verbal, or speed of processing tasks. One common aptitude test is the scholastic aptitude test, or sat. Colleges use sat scores to predict how successful students will be in college during their first year. Context: setting or environment in which a behavior occurs. Culture: set of values, conventions and practices shared by a group of people. Enriched environment: deliberately made more challenging and stimulating. Research supports the idea that enriched environments can improve iq scores in children. Abecedarian project, a study, examined the effects of providing educational activities to low-income preschoolers. Research indicates that intelligence is influenced by the surrounding environment of an individual.
