Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Neuroplasticity, Content Validity, Heritability

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

Document Summary

Intelligence quotient (iq)--> ratio of mental age to chronological age; developed. Intellectual skills show an actual decline at advanced ages so mental age is not the most correct way to measure intelligence: summary for historical intelligence industries, stanford-binet --> army alpha--> army beta --> weschsler adult intelligence. This factor cuts through all tasks (constitutes the core of intelligence) Predictor of both academic and job performance: primary mental abilities --> human mental performance depends not on a general factor but rather on seven distinct abilities. Educators are more interested in primary mental abilities. Help increase specific mental abilities that are identifiable in children. Overall general mental ability measures are not useful for practical uses: the g factor is broken down into two subtypes: Crystallized intelligence (gc) --> ability to apply previously acquired knowledge to current problems (ex. vocabulary and info tests) Depends on the ability to retrieve previously learned information and problem-solving schemas from long-term memory.