Psychology 2080A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Grappling Hold, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Verbal Reasoning

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2080A/B
• Professor: Rachel Plouffe

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Chapter 7 theories of intelligence and the binet scales. Outline part 1 intelligence: what is intelligence, can intelligence be measured, are there multiple intelligences, pea(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s g. Internal structure of the test: relationship to other variables. Pea(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s g: spearmen (1904): when a large group of people are given a variety of ability tests, correlations among the test results are almost always positive the positive manifold. It is the basis for the idea that there is a general mental ability (g: used in all sorts of tests. If you have lots of general mental ability, you will do well on all tasks. Yes: more than 70 differe(cid:374)t (cid:862)g(cid:396)oup fa(cid:272)to(cid:396)s(cid:863) ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) ide(cid:374)tified, gf-gc theory: two basic types of intelligence, fluid intelligence: abilities that allow us to reason, think, acquire new knowledge, e. g. Does g matter: yes, better predictor of educational and work performance than any other measure we have, the most important determiner of scores on every test of cognitive ability.