Assessment of Cognitive Functioning 1

Assessment of Cognitive Functioning 1

1. Problems

   • Definition
   • Measurement
     • No consensus
     • Different measures
       • Different scores!
   • Cross-cultural
   • Not ideal
     • Still useful
       • Clear predictor
         • Success
           • Education
           • Professional

2. Intelligence

   • Construct
   • Behaviours
     • Not one type
     • Variety!
   • Related to
     • Success
       • Variety!
         • Cognitive demands
   • Types
     • Biological
       • Brain
         • Structure
         • Functioning
     • Psychometric
       • Standardised tests
         • Measure
           • Levels
             • Functioning
         • Relates
           • Intelligence
     • Social
       • Adaptive behaviour
       • Context dependant
     • Crystallized
       • Acquired
         • Factual
       • Reasoning
       • Info-processing
   • Systematic
     • Indivicudal
       • Differences
         • Performance tasks
           • Info
             • Manipulation
             • Evaluation
             • Processing

3. Definitions

   • EQ
     • Ability
       • Behaviour
         • Understand
           • Own
           • Others
         • Maintain
           • Control
             • Own
   • General mental ability
     • g
     • Cognitive
       • Underlies
         • Performance
           • Array
             • Tests
             • Cognitively demanding tasks
   • IQ
     • Intelligence quotient
       • Numerical measure
         • Cognitive ability

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