CHYS 2P10 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dysphoria, Alloparenting, Teleology
18 Apr 2013
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Child and youth development: final exam study notes. Intelligence: the ability to think and act in ways that are goal-directed and adaptive. Psychometric approach: an approach to cognition that assumes that intelligence and other cognitive abilities can be described in terms of a series of mental factors, then, in turn, can be assessed by standardized tests. Factors: in psychometric approaches to intelligence, a set of related mental skills (such as verbal or spatial skills) that underlies intellectual functioning. Positive manifold: the high correlations among scores on sets of cognitive tests that have little in common with one another in terms of content or types of strategies used. General intelligence (g): in psychometric theory, the idea that intelligence can be expressed in terms of a single factor, called g. Fluid abilities: intellectual abilities that are biologically determined and reflected in tests of memory span and spatial thinking. Crystalized abilities: intellectual abilities that develop from cultural context and learning experience.
