UNIT 5 intelligence + lingustics

intelligence

learn from experience, adapt new situations to solve problems

fluid intelligence

use logic, to abstract reasoning, bottom up processing

crystallised intelligence

from experience, culture, learning and education top down processing

flynn effect

people are getting smarter or better at taking standardised tests

savant syndrome

low IQ but good at other stuff

intelligence quotient IQ

mental age divided by actual age multiplied by 100

emotional intelligence EQ

to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions

alfred binet

first practical IQ test

stanford binet test

first intelligence test in US

lewis terman

revised IQ test, established norms for american children, high IQ doesnt lead to wonderful things in life

wechsler adult intelligence scale WAIS

widely used intelligence test, verbal and performance

verbal and performance subtests

achievement test

test to see what person learned (UNIT TEST)

apitude test

test to predict person’s future performance (ENTRANCE EXAM)

reliability

test has consistant resutls

test retest reliability

individual take same 2 test at 2 different times

split hald reliability

checking consistency between scores on 2 half of same test

validity

accuracy of how test measures what its supposed to

content validity

test samples behavior that is wanted

construct validity

how WELL test evaluate what is wanted

criterion or predictive validity

how well test result relate to something else evaluating

standardization

same testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with performance of pretested group

gifted

two or more SD above the mean, 2%

language

spokem, written, signed words, ways combine to communicate

phoneme

smallest SOUND unit

morpheme

smallest unit that carried MEANING

grammar

system of rules that helps communicate and understand others

syntax

rules for combining or arranging words to grammatical sentences

semantics

set of rules we derive meaning from morphemes, words, sentences

babbling stage

start at 4 months, baby says random sounds which is start of speech development

one word stage

age 1-2 child speaks in single words

two word stage

age 2, child speaks in 2 work statements

telegraphic speech stage

child speaks like in nouns and verbs

skinner’s belief in langauge acquisiton

language is learned, behavior

chomsky belief in language acquisition

universal grammar, ability to learn grammar is built into human brain from birth

lingusitic determinism

language one uses determines way one thinks and one’s view of world

linguistic relativity

language and thought have influence on each other, language doesn’t determine thought

cultural bias in testing

test offends students on ethnicity gender etc