PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Factor Analysis, Savant Syndrome
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Use knowledge to adapt to new situations. Origins of intelligence testing: intelligence test (alfred binet) A measure of intelligence test performance (binet) Chronological age that typically corresponds to a given level of performance. Ex: child age 4 who performs as well as an average 8 year old= mental age=8, chronological age=4: stanford-binet. The widely used american revision of binet"s original intelligence test. Revised by terman at stanford university: intelligence quotient (iq) The ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100. If mental and chronological age are the same iq= 100. Identi es clusters of test items (called factors) that measure a common ability. Ex: vocabulary and reading comprehension load together on a single factor of verbal intelligence: general intelligence. Factor that spearman and other believed underlies speci c mental abilities. High on verbal, tend to be higher on spatial and/or reasoning as well.
