PSYCH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Motivation

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Psychology & Brain Sciences
• Course: PSYCH 100
• Professor: Tammy Rahhal

Document Summary

5 components of creativity expertise imaginative thinking skills venturesome personality intrinsic motivation creative environment. Test must meet requirements standardization test to large group of people bell curve normal distribution reliable same scores given in same quantity to same person split test reliability test retest reliability. Validity test must measure what it claims to measure predictive validity- can scores predict what its supposed to. Extremes intellectual functioning below average and difficulty in meeting demands of everyday life. 130 or higher far above average no guarantee of success successful in school occupation socials and health wise. Nature heredity family relationship and measured iq adopted children studies gene studies identical twins separated at birth. Nurture environment genes aren"t entire picture environmental variables important headstart programs nutrition television more education computers.