PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Chiropractic, Eugenics, White Matter
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Attention should be indicated by more complex processes like memory attention n comprehension. Intelligence as the ability to think reason n adapt to or overcome obstacles. Binnet n theodre settled on 30 tasks raging from lowers levels of difficulty to higher. Soon came to known as stanford binet test measure of innate intelligence. Williams stern concept of iq- to mental age/chronological age *100. Deviation iq- using baselines against which to compare a person. Deviatoion iq are calculated relative to others of the same age, it avoids the problem of iq scores that consistently decline with age. It provides a single iq score for each test. But also breaks it into a gia general ability index. Cpi working memory and processing speed subtests. The problems with binet test n wais was that it always required knowledge of the developers culture n language, putting people from different cultures at a disadvantage. In response to that, researchers created a more culture free test.
