PSC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Short-Term Memory, Stereotype Threat, Pseudoscience
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Spearman"s model: g = general intelligence (mental engine) But g does not tell the whole story. Need generalized intelligence (g) and specific abilities (s: verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, abstract visual reasoning, short term memory, cattell and horn"s fluid and crystallized intelligence. Fluid and crystallized make up two parts of g: sternberg"s triarchic model. Creative: gardner"s multiple intelligence model, 8 frames of mind separate from each other, sternberg"s triarchic model, analytical book smarts, practical street smarts, creative. Measuring intelligence: sensory capacity francis galton. Measures persons score against average but only had white men: mental age if you take test and get same score as average 10 year old, mental age is 10. Iq: deviation iq how far do you deviate from the average score, which is. 100: positive correlation between high iq and how challenging jobs are/job. Genetic and environmental influences on iq performance/academic success: family studies, twin studies (raised together and apart)
