Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children, Standardized Test

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Prof

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Heuristics: representativeness, insensitivity to sample size, availability, concrete information, framing effects. Correct solutions to insight problems involve: selective encoding, selective combination, selective comparison. A host of abilities (memory, creativity, etc. ) Several studies indicate that unschooled people in remote villages cannot solve syllogisms. Suggests that preliterate people do not (or can not) use logical analysis. All kpelle men are rice farmers; mr. smith is not rice farmer. Believes that intelligence was unitary (mental quickness) Request from french government (public school mandatory) Belief that intelligence was a collection of higher order abilities : no correlation. Binet and simon develop test in early 1900"s tapping a number of abilities (memory, math, etc) Correlate scores with teacher ratings: critetion validity. 1905 1908, tests revised and concept of mental age introduced. Assign new test score to mental age group according to norms. So, if child performs at level of average 5 year old ma = 5.