Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Eidetic Memory, Neuroplasticity, Disabilities Affecting Intellectual Abilities

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas

Document Summary

Intelligence ability to acquire knowledge, to reason effectively &to deal adaptively with the environment o. Intelligence was inherited: measured reaction speed, hand strength &sensory acuity o o o. Everything he said was wrong, but he created interest in the field: developed correlation coefficient. A statistic that indicates the direction &strength of a relation between 2 variables. Intelligence was a collection of higher-order abilities (no correlation between each of the abilities that make up intelligence: assumed: Correlated test with the teachers" ratings of the children to make sure results were meaningful (criterion validity: developed a testing score (mental age) Army beta iq test for army recruits that couldn"t read. Long-thorndike intelligence test &otis-lennon school ability test used by school districts today. Wechsler adult intelligence scale measure verbal &non-verbal abilities. Wechsler intelligence scale for children separate scores for different abilities: as kids mature general intelligence remains stable but specific abilities become more differentiated.