PSYC 3090 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Complex Differential Form, Twin Study, Factor Analysis
30 May 2016
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Ted talk our iq scores are on avg higher than in the past; why? incr in cognitively demanding professions & upgrading of the tasks required gains in certain areas. Stenber & associates study: diffs b/t public & experts: Experts emph motivation; public emph interpersonal aspects. Seigler & richars 1980: asked developmental psyc students list intelligent bvhrs in infancy, childhood & adulthood. Diff concept of intelligence at each stage of life. Yussen & kane 1980: ideas of intelligence as early as 1st grade. Younger children: emph interpersonal skills; older children: academic skills. Francis galton 1st to publish on heritability of intelligence. : visual acuity & hearing tests are measurements of intelligence (developed many of these sensorimotor & perception-related tests) Alfred binet described components of intelligence {reasoning, judgem, memory, abstraction} David wechsler intelligence = sum of capacities to act, think rationally & deal w/ environment, composed on elements which are differentiable.
