Mindmap

Models of Intelligence

Hannah W Psychology Year 11 Englisch

Inhalt der Mindmap

Psychometric
- Factor Analysis
- Measurement
- Intelligence Tests
- Individual differences in intelligence
Biological
- Studying the brain
  - Case Studies
  - Neuroimaging
- Intelligence and brain structure
  - Damaged frontal lobe can have a decline on intellectual functioning
- Neuroimaging
  - Correlation between IQ and brain size (grey matter)
  - Heredity and learning difficult skills impacts brain size
- More Neuroimaging
  - Measuring brain activity while participants complete an intelligence test
  - More intelligent ppl use their brains efficiently and use less energy to solve problems
Contextual
- Intelligence is only relevant to the culture it is measured by
- Takes into account cleverness and the effects of culture on child
- Does not take into account that some individuals are better at responding to intellectual challenges than others