PSY 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Lawrence Summers, Habituation, Uncorrelated Random Variables
26 Jan 2017
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Chapter 9: intelligence and iq testing controversy and consensus. An individual who displays astounding intellectual achievements at an early age. Describe the connection between intelligence and brain size and efficiency. Intelligence as sensory capacity: out of sight, out of mind. Sir francis galton (1822 1911) proposed a radical hypothesis. Intelligence is the by-product of sensory capacity. Reasoned most knowledge first comes through the senses; especially vision and hearing. Therefore, people with superior capacities acquire more knowledge. Sensory capacity and intelligence are weakly correlated. Alfred binet and theodore simon asked by the french government to develop an objective psychological test that would identify students in need of special educational assistance. The concept of iq was invented in 1904. A diagnostic designed to measure overall thinking ability. All of the above tapped into higher mental processes. Intelligence has something to do with abstract thinking. Learn to adapt to novel environmental circumstances.
