PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Stereotype Threat, Meritocracy, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence
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Anthropometrics (the measurement of people) refers to methods of measuring physical and mental variation in humans. Intelligence the ability to think, understand, reason, and adapt to overcome obstacles; as defined according to binet"s views. Mental age the average intellectual ability to score for children of a specific age. Stanford-binet test - a test intended to measure innate levels of intelligence. Intelligence quotient (iq) calculated by taking a person"s mental age, dividing it by his chronological age and then multiplying by 100: scores remain constant after 16. Deviation iq - measures the iq of adults by comparing it to the average iq of adults of the same age. Raven"s progressive matrices an intelligence test that is based on pictures, not words, thus making it relatively unaffected by language or cultural backgrounds. Meritocracy the idea that the people with the most ability and who worked the hardest would receive the most wealth, power and status.
