PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Stereotype Threat, Anthropometry

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Donald Kyle Danielson

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What are anthropometrics: methods of measuring physical and mental variation in humans. What is intelligence: the ability to think,, understand, reason and adapt to or overcome obstacles. What is mental age: the average intellectual ability score for children of a specific age. What is the stanford-binet test: a test intended to measure innate levels of intelligence. Iq is (cid:272)al(cid:272)ulated (cid:271)y taki(cid:374)g a perso(cid:374)"s (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal age, di(cid:448)idi(cid:374)g it (cid:271)y his chronicle age, and then multiplying it by 100. What is the deviation iq: the de(cid:448)iatio(cid:374) iq is (cid:272)al(cid:272)ulated (cid:271)y (cid:272)o(cid:373)pari(cid:374)g the perso(cid:374)"s test s(cid:272)ore (cid:449)ith the a(cid:448)erage score for people of the same age. What is the wechsler adult intelligence scale (wais): the most common intelligence test and used today for adolescents and adults. What is raven"s progressive matrices: a(cid:374) i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)(cid:272)e test that is (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) pi(cid:272)tures, (cid:374)ot (cid:449)ords that"s (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g it relati(cid:448)ely unaffected by language or cultural background. What is the eugenics: the deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) of (cid:862)good ge(cid:374)es(cid:863)