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Intelligence
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- 1Individual differences of Intelligence1. personality: differences in behavior-- stable/long term
2. intelligence: cognitive differences (how ppl think different) - 2Principle types of Psychological teste1. Mental ability tests
2. personality scales
3. acheivement - 3Mental ability tests have two subtypes:1. general intelligence (intellect potential)
2. Aptitude: specific (potential to learn more knowledge) - 4Personality scales measure:- measures motvies, interests, values + attitudes (no right or wrong Qs)
- 5Main Measurements of intelligence1. Binet: scale for children
2. Weschler- adult scale - 6Ranges of IQ of gifted and challenged125-130 = gifted
70-75 = challenged - 7Who was Glengrade 3 who got suspended for fighting @ recess after someone was making fun of his brother for being in the 'happy class'
- 8What are the 4 levels of IQ disability-mild (55-70)
-moderate (40-55)
-severe (25-40)
-profound (below 25) - 9Who is Bobby Fisher?-genius w/ IQ 180
-world chess champion 1972: best chess player ever beating Doris Spask
-quit chess 1972 alienated from friend = family and imprisoned in Japan
-died @ 64 - 10Who was keith?very gifted child who completed IQ test and got one question wrong which to this day claims test developers had the wrong answer and he was right
-anagram maker
-@ 8 fav authors: jk rowling, dickens, - 11Do all gifted kids succeed in school?No, being gifted is no guarantee of success- not all gifted succeed in school--> 21% of gifted underperform in school
- 122 major areas of research of IQ1. nature/nurture debate
2. theories of intelligence - 13Issues w/ Nature vs. Nurture-potentially racist
- not consistent data
-data/results are accurate but conclsion/ interpertation NOT - 14What did Galton Research and find?-research on nature came up w/ 'eminent men' = eminent men around other eminent men hence cluster
-parent- child correlations
-stability over lifespan (consistent IQ)
-cant conclude b/c other possible explanations - 15What was found by twin studies?1. identical (same egg split): high genetic overlap =.89
2. fraternal (two eggs): no more genetic similarity then regular sibllings =.63
can say genetic has revelance due to identical reared together = .85 IQ same
HOWEVER since look same, treated same thus major role could be enviro - 16What 2 things were support for nurture perspecctive1. Population effects after intervention
2. Adoption Studies: infants from disadvantaged homes had higher IQs then expected - 17Heritability Indexsaid to be 60% of variance in IQ scores
- 18The Psychometric approach of nature of IQ-looks at results of measuring tests: uses stats to determine diff types IQ VS. one general type of IQ
- 19Spearsman-theorized "g" factor (general intelligence) one type of intelligence
- 20Thurstone-theorized several correlated distinct factors saying there were multiple types of intelligences he called "primary mental abilities"
- 21Gardinertheorized multiple IQs: allimportant for diff functions
"its not how smart you are that matters, what really counts is how you are smart"
intelligences: logical (math), linguistic, musical, spatial, kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist - 22Sternbergs Triachic THeory3 components:
1. contextual (culturally defined)
2. componential- mental processes: (metacomponents, knowledge acquistion, performance)
3. Experiential (relation b/w experience { intelligence) - 23What does sternbergs research of componetial intelligence focus oninfo cognitive processing composed of: focused on how NOT what
1. practical
2. analytical
3. creative
intelliengences - 24Sir Cyril BurtProf @ university College London, his data supported hereditary view but he faked all results and data
- 25Savantscondition which person w/ development disability demonstrated profound capabilities far in excess of normal
(only one area-- lack in other areas)
e.g. kim peake
daniel tammet - 26Kim Peake (rain man)greatest fact knower,
read 12000 book, knew all front to back - 27Daniel Tammetautistic author, lectureer, knew pi to the 200000 decimal, 5 hours to recite
has Synestheia: mixture of brain activity, menaing hear colour, think sound, think number- see shape - 28binet-simon scalestested child mental age/ age level. --> mental age indicated the childs corresponding chronological age of typical children (mental 9yrs. chrono 6yrs)
- 29stanford binet intelligence scaleIQ= mental age/chronological age
x 100 - 30Weschler adult intelligence scale(WAIS) believed binet relied to much on verbal was toward adult intelligence
- 31CH. 9 featured Study: racial stereotypes + test performance`conclusion black people steroetype vulnerability does impair minority group members on performance tests
-ethnicity doesnt effect IQ until influenced too do so - 32—
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