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Fluid intelligence
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innate; ability to solve new problems, problem solving, abstract reasoning, pattern solving, not learned or less learned
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Crystallized intelligence
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Applied knowledge, facts, learned
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Alfred Binet
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- Invented first IQ test
* Public school: some students do not do well
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Raven’s matrices
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Adult IQ test
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Wechsier intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)
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- Decomposing general intelligence
- Correlate across different domains
- Standardized
- Average score: 100
- General average IQ of most people: 70-130
- Mentally retarded: 55-70
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Cyril Burt
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- Famous psychologist in UK
* interested in inheritance of intelligence and racial differences in intelligence
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Leo Kamin
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- Professor in Princeton
- Study about visual world of the piget
- No role of heredity on intelligence
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Race and IQ
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- Gene studies: No true that higher African genes with lower IQ
- Children of servicemen: No difference in IQ of White-Germany or Black-Germany IQ
- Black-White testing gap: something other than genes explain the reducing gap
- Social Class: Higher IQ in higher social class
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Romanian Orphans
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- Outlaw contraception
- Low of children in institution
- Extremely low IQ and Extreme environment in orphanage
- There are genetic and environmental evidences
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The Flynn Effect
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- People’s IQ score is getting higher as growing older
* The mean is always 100
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Explanation of Flynn Effect
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- Nutrition
- Smaller Families: families get invest more on each kid
- More and Better Schooling: Earlier and longer schooling
- More stimulation: Romanian Orphans have less things and stimulation
- Greater Familiarity with Testing
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Multiple Intelligences
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Howard Gardner
- Linguistic
- Logical-mathematical
- Musical
- Bodily-kinesthetic
- Spatial
- Interpersonal (EQ)
- Intrapersonal (Self)
- William’’s Syndrome
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Criticism of Multiple Intelligences
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- They still tend to be coorelated
- Still tappin g?
- Very few Alonzos
- Maybe it’s just skill/practice instead of intelligences
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Wisconsin Card Sort Task
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- Be able to shift/control
- Color card game
- Blue card go to blue box; red card go to red box
- Once they get it, they change the game
- Some children do not adapt
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Billingualism
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- People who speak two languages are better on shifting skill
- Not innate since kids are not innately bilingual