Intelligence

Intelligence

The ability to solve problems, learn from experience, and use knowledge to adapt to novel situations

General intelligence(g)

Underline specific metal abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence

Achievement

Designed to asses what you already know

WAIS

Adult intelligence test

WISC

Child intelligence test

Reification

Taking a score or number and making it a part of you

Standardization

Defining meaning full scores by comparison with a performance of a pretested group

Flynn Effect

you always score better than the previous generation

Savant Syndrome

Persons with various developmental disorders, have an amazing ability and talent

Reliability

the extent to which a test yields consistent results

test retest reliability

take test once(26)/take it again(26)-reliable, first(29)/second(14)-unreliable

Odds vs events

1-10 even(29),1-10 odd(15)-unreliable

Validity

the extent to which a test measures or predicts what its supposed to

Predictive validity

the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict

Cross-sectional study

sub groups of different ages at one time

longitudinal study

same people over a long period of time (fairly scale)= +.66

Heritability

the variation between individuals attributable to genetic factors

Identical twins raised apart

=+0.66

Identical twins raised together

=+.72

Siblings raised together

=+0.45

Adopted siblings

=+0.32

Alfred Binet

Created standardized test to identify children requiring extra attention in school

Francis Galton

Psychometrics, nature vs. nurture, Believed genetics was the most important factor

Howard Gardner

Theory of multiple intelligence to expand traditional conceptions of intelligence, 8-9 different types of smart

Daniel Goleman

Importance of emotional intelligence

Charles Spearman

Intelligence traced to a single underlying general metal ability known as g. or general intelligence

Robert Sternberg

Triarchic theory of intelligence, analytical, creative, and practical abilities come together to create intelligence

Lewis Terman

Expanded Binets system to create the concept of IQ and early IQ tests, mental chronological age to calculate IQ, Stanford Binet, Eugenics

LL Thurstone

Critic of spearman who believed intelligence was made up of seven separate mental abilitys

William Stern

IQ score Mental age/Chronological age times 100