PSY 1102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Flynn Effect, Stereotype Threat, Heterosis

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Ersin Asliturk

Document Summary

Whatever intelligence tests measure : charles spearman general intelligence [g] Performed a factor analysis of diferent skills and found that people who did well in one area also did well in another. Factor analysis: staisical technique that determines how diferent variables relate to each other (whether they vary together) Louis thrustone disagreed with one general measure, instead, he found out 56 skill tests fell into 7 clusters: verbal comprehension. However, further analysis showed that people who were strong in one cluster tended to be strong in other clusters. (g factor) Savant syndrome having isolated islands of high abilty amidst a sea of below-average cogniive and social funcioning. Howard gardner noted that diferent people have intelligence/ability in diferent areas: natualist. 9: intelligence and success, wealth tends to be related to intelligence test scores. 12: robert sternberg"s intelligence triarchy, proposed that success in life is related to three types of ability, pracical intelligence.