PSYA02H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Modafinil, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Memory Span
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Alfred binet: (cid:224) intelligence should be indicated by more complex thinking processes such as memory, attention and comprehension. (cid:224)defined intelligence as the ability to think , understand, reason and adapt to or overcome obstacles (cid:224)binet and theodore simons developed 30 tasks increase in difficulty to measure intelligence (cid:224) a child"s test score measure his mental age: the average intellectual ability scores for children of a specific ages. Cpi(cid:224)based on the working memory and processing speed subtests greater working memory and processing speed allow more cognitive resources to be devoted to reasoning and solving problems: raven"s progressive matrices (cid:224)problem with standord binet test and wais is that the questions in these test require knowledge of the test developer"s culture and language, putting people of different culture and language in a disadvantage (cid:224)to avoid this culture bias , psychologists tried to develop a culture free tests.
