PSYCH 111 Lecture 9: Lecture 9: Intelligence
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The ability to direct one"s thinking, adapt to one"s circumstances and learn from one"s experiences (gotfredson, 1997) Historically defined by how we measure it. Developed intelligence tests to identify slow learners to develop remedial programs. Ability to learn or gain proficiency in an area (apt to be good at something) Measures the amount of information a person has acquired. However, this formula for iq was flawed. A child with a mental age of 6 and chronological age of 5 would have the same iq a child with a mental age of 12 and chronological age of 10. as. Newer tests were developed with norms for all age groups based on a standard distribution. Stanford-binet and wechsler intelligence tests are still used today. Results in a verbal iq, performance iq and full scale iq score. James flynn found that from one generation to the next there have been steady gains in iq scores cross culturally.
