PSYA02H3 Chapter 10: Chapter 10 Intelligence.docx

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Steve Joordens

Document Summary

Intelligence: the ability to direct ones thing adapt to ones circumstances and learn from onew experience. Binet and simons natural intelligence testing: aptitude for learning independent of the childs prior educational achievement, mental age. Ratio iq: statistic obtained by dividing a persons mental age by the persons physical age and then multiplying the quotient by 100. Deviation iq: statitistic obtained by dividing a personstest score by the averager test scoreof peroplerrin the same age group and multiplying the quotient by 100: doesn"t allow comparision amount age groups. Primary mental abilities: word fluency, verbal comprehension, number, space, memory, perceptual speed, reasonng three-level hierarchy, general facors, specific factors, group factors. The heritability coefficient (h2): stsatistic that describes the proportion og the difference between poeples scores that can be explained by differences in their genes ( around . 5) Intelligence is not a fixed quantity genes determine the range but environment dtermines the exact piont.