PSYCH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Intelligence Quotient, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1100
• Professor: Victoria Chavez

Document Summary

The ability to understand complex ideas, adapt effectively to the environment, learn from experience, engage in reasoning and overcome obstacles. Attempt to assessing a number to an individual"s ability, allowing that person to be compared with others. Intelligence quotient (iq): a measure of individual intelligence relative to a statistically normal curve. General intelligence: a measure of an individual"s overall intelligence as opposed to specific abilities. Fluid intelligence (critical thinking): the ability to think without the need to use learned knowledge. Crystallized intelligence (math): the ability to think logically using specific large knowledge. Crystallized and fluid intelligence cannot explain everything. Splinter skills: ability to do a specific task that does not generalized to other task. Allow people to manage emotion and reason about the mental states of others. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (don"t like people no interest) Individuals with down syndrome (pick up on emotional cues from people)