Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Autism, Sensory Deprivation, Content Validity

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Ability to give factual responses correctly (to many questions) . Ability to adapt to new situations (closer to eq than iq) . Spearman : better statistics(factor analysis) , looks for patterns of correlation --> g - for general intelligence each test has a specific ability - allowing some variation , look for strong positive correlations among all the tests . Independent primary mental abilities : no g factor . Instead there are a bunch of primary mental abilities . Depends on number of tests and number of factors extracted . The model says its more than 1, so the actual number doesn"t matter . Intelligence reflects how we acquire and process information . Based on case studies and neurological evidence . Vernon: practical - mechanical vs. verbal - educational. Cattel: fluid vs. crystallized (raw ability vs. knowledge) As you grow older, your raw ability decreases but your crystallized grows or stays the same .