Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Graduate Record Examinations, Race And Intelligence

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Intelligence: ability to acquire knowledge to think and reason effectively and to deal adaptively with the environment. Said that you needed good eyesight and good hearing. Have good eyes/ears you can learn more about the world. People in higher social classes are there because of superior genes. His work later was used to justify eugenics. French ministry of public education wanted early identification of children who wouldn"t do great in ordinary public schooling. Some were really intelligent and were bored: wanted to come up with test to test intelligence. To help them and create special education: made 2 major assumptions. A person"s rate of increase is roughly constant over their development: devised tests with questions that a typical child of age x could answer mental age. If an 8 year old can answer the questions that a typical 10 year old answers then child has a mental age of 10.