PSY 12000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Intellectual Disability, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Convergent Thinking
16 Apr 2019
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How do we know if someone is smart: smart in test scores, smart is contextual, smart is skills. How do we measure intelligence: 1904, alfred binet and theophile simon. Intellectual disability: substantially below average intelligence: organic: disability caused by a specific biological or physical problem, only about 25% of the cases, usually more severe, familial: represents the lower end of the normal distribution of intelligence. Gifted and creative children: gifted: traditionally refers to someone with scores on intelligence tests of at least 130, exceptional talent must be nurtured. Intelligence is associated with convergent thinking (arriving at one, correct answer) also known as crystallized intelligence: creativity is associated with divergent thinking (aim is novel lines of thought) also known as fluid intelligence. Five scales: cognitive, language, motor, social-emotional, adaptive. 4 to . 6 correlation between iq and school performance. Impact of ethnicity and socioeconomic status: traditionally in the us, asian americans have highest scores followed by european.
