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Chapter 9 - Intelligence Testing
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- 1Anthropometricmethod to measure physical and mental variations in humans
- 2Alfred Binet - IntelligenceAbility to understand, reason, think, adapt to or overcome obstacles
- 3Alfred Binet - Mental AgeAverage intellectual ability score for a child of a certain age
- 4Lewis TermanStanford-Binet test
- 5Stanford-Binet testTest to measure innate (genetic) intelligence
- pick out high-achieving people - 6William Stern- IQ (intelligence quotient)
- IQ = MA/CA x 100 - 7WAIS - Full scale IQ (2)- general ability index
- cognitive proficiency index - 8WAIS - general ability index (2)- verbal comprehension index
- perceptual reasoning index - 9WAIS - cognitive proficiency index (2)- working memory
- perceptual speed index - 10Raven's Progressive Matrices- Uses pictures to measure intelligence
- Unaffected by language/culture - 11Stereotype threatNegative stereotypes about a group can cause members of that group to underperform on ability tests
- 12Entity theoryintelligence is fixed, difficult to change
- 13Incremental theoryintelligence can be shaped by practice, experience, etc.
- 14Chris Langan - concerted cultivation- higher SES = more resources
- parents sped more time/effort into making their children successful - 15Savantindividual with severe mental deficiencies who possesses remarkable mental abilities
- 16Factor analysisExamines correlations bw variables to find clusters of related variables
- 17Spearman's general intelligence- general intelligence factor = "g"
- represents a person's mental energy -- some people's brains are more powerful than others - 18Spearman - 2 factors- g = performance in other subjects (eg. due to familiarity, attn, etc)
- s = specific abilities - 19Crystallized intelligencevia experience
- 20Fluid intelligenceadaptive, evolving
- 21Triarchic theory of intelligence- analytical (book smarts)
- practical (common sense)
- creative
- 3 overlapping but distinct components = intelligence
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