Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Intelligence Quotient, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Army Beta

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

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Intelligence: the ability to acquire knowledge, think/reason efficiently, and adapt to enviros. Believed mental abilities were inherited (measured mental abilities to prove) Interested in solving a problem unlike galton who was interested in supporting a theory. Two assumptions about intelligence: mental abilities develop with age, the rate people learn is a characteristic of a person and is constant over time. Mental age: your mental ability compared to the average of certain ages. Intelligence quotient (iq): created by stern; ratio of mental age to chronological: no(cid:449)ada(cid:455)s, it"s (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) pe(cid:396)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:396)elati(cid:448)e to people of same age. Stanford prof, terman created stanford-binet test to create a single iq score. Army alpha: verbal test used to screen large numbers of army recruits for smartness. Army beta: fo(cid:396) those (cid:449)ho (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:396)ead, it (cid:449)as (cid:373)o(cid:396)e visual/non-verbal. Psychometric approach: measures the abilities underlying differences in test performance. Cognitive processes approach: the specific thought processes that underlie those mental competencies.