Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Content Validity, Simple Math, Genetic Marker

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Set of abilities that allows us to: acquire knowledge, think rationally, act purposefully, deal effectively with the environment. Psychometric approach: discover which kinds of mental competencies underlie test performance. Factor analysis: a statistical technique that reduces measurement variables to related clusters called factors, compare correlations of different tests: High correlation = tests measure same mental abilities. Low correlation = test measures different mental abilities. Savant: below average intelligence but excel in particular area. Guliford: more than 100 distinct measureable mental abilities. Cattell and horn: generalized intelligence crystallized and fluid intelligence: crystallized intelligence: application of previously acquired info to a current problem. Deals with ability draw info from long-term memory. Caroll: three-stratum theory of cognitive abilities: general intelligence, broad, fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, general memory and learning, broad visual perception, broad auditory perception, broad retrieval ability, broad cognitive speediness, processing speed (reaction time/decision speed, narrow. 70 specific cognitive abilities that feed broader stratum factors.