5. Intelligence Flashcards
What is the genetic overlap in IQ between siblings that are reared together?
50% with a mean correlation of 0.45
What is the genetic overlap in IQ between sibligns that are reared apart?
50% with a mean correlation of 0.35
What is the genetic overlap in IQ between biological child and parent who lived together?
50% with a mean correlation of 0.41
What is the genetic overlap in IQ between biological child and parent lived apart?
50% with a mean correlation 0.22
What is the genetic overlap in IQ between adoptive child & parent lived together
0% with a mean correlation of 0.22
What is the genetic overlap in IQ between adoptive sibnlings eared together?
0% with a mean correlation of 0.31
What is the genetic overlap in IQ between cousins reared apart?
12.5% with a mean correlation of a 0.18
What is the mean correlation of genetic overlap in IQ between Identical twins, reared together?
0.86
What is the mean correlation of genetic overlap in IQ between Identical twins reared apart?
0.71
What is the mean correlation of genetic overlap in IQ between Fraternal twins reared together?
0.6
Who was Alfred Binet hired by?
Hired by French Government to devise test to identify children with special education needs.
What were Alfren Binet’s goals?
o To find & maintain a definite direction or purpose
o To make necessary adaptations to achieve the direction or purpose
o To engage in self-criticism so that adjustments in strategies can be made
What was Alfred Binet’s overall aim?
he aimed to test reasoning, judgment and attention.
What is the criteria for selecting an item for an IQ test?
- Item has to relate to ‘common sense’.
- Item has to be part of daily life.
- Item must separate dull from bright children.
- Item must be practical and easy to administer
- In developing his tests he used trial and error and hypothesis testing
When was the first Binet-Simons test of intelligence established?
1905
what did the first Binet-Simons test of intelligence look for?
Tasks that could be achieved by 66.67-75% of children of a particular age
How many items were in the first Binet-Simons test of intelligence?
30
How are the items in the first Binet-Simons test of intelligence arranged?
ascending in difficulty level
What are the 30 items in the first Binet-Simons test of intelligence?
- Le Regard – follows moving object
- Can grasp small object that is touched
- Can grasp small object that is seen
- Recognition of Food (chocolate vs wood)
- Quest of Food Complicated by a Slight Mechanical Difficulty
- Execution of Simple Commands and Imitation of Simple Gestures
- Verbal Knowledge of Objects
- Verbal Knowledge of Pictures
- Naming of Designated Objects
- Immediate Comparison of Two Lines of Unequal Lengths
- Repetition of Three Figures
- Comparison of Two Weights
- Suggestibility
- Verbal Definition of Known Objects
- Repetition of Sentences of 15 Words
- Tells how 2 known objects are different
- Memory of 13 pictures (30 secs)
- Drawing a design from memory (10secs)
- Immediate repetition of longer set of figures
- Tells how 2 common objects are alike
- Comparison of Lengths
- Five Weights to be Placed in Order
- Gap in Weights
- Produces rhyming words
- Verbal Gaps to be Filled
- Puts 3 nouns in a sentence
- Reply to an abstract question
- Reverses the hands of a clock
- Paper Cutting
- Definitions of Abstract Terms
What are the three levels of intellectual disability?
Idiot, Imbecile, Moron
What is level of intellectual disability is an idiot?
It is the most severe form of intellectual disability
What is the level of intellectual disability of an imbecile?
moderate form
What is the level of intellectual disability of a moron?
Mildest form
What is the upper limit in the first Binnet-Simmons intelligence test for idiots?
item 6 for adults - this involved the following of simple directions and imitate gestures
What is the upper limit in the first Binnet-Simmons intelligence test for Imbeciles?
Item 16 - stating differences between 2 common objects
what were the issues with the 3 levels of intellectual disability devised by the first Binnet-Simons intelligence test?
- Little evidence of validity
- Normed with only 50 children based on average school performance
- Idiot, Moron etc hardly adequate classification system
when was the second binet-simon intelligence test established?
1908
Who were the subjects of Binet-simons 1908 intelligence test?
203 school children
How does the 1908 Binet-simons intelligence test differ from the 1905 version?
Simplest items were dropped and more difficult items were added leading to a total of 58 items. Furthermore, it was an age scale rather than increasing difficulty
what are some sample items of the Binet/Simon 1908 intelligence test?
• Year 5 - Can o Compare 2 boxes of different weight. o Copy a square. o Repeat a sentence of ten syllables o Count 4 sous o Put together two pieces in a game of patience • Year 8 - Can o Read selection and retain two memories. o Count 9 sous (3 single, 3 double). o Name four colours. o Count backwards from 20. o Compare 2 objects from memory o Write from dictation.
How does one calculate mental age, according the binet-simons 1908 intelligence test?
e.g. C.A.5 years
o pass 5 tests at 5 year old level so basal mental age = 5
o pass 2 tests at 6 year old level so mental age =
• basal (Basic) mental age (5) + 2/5 = 5.4 years.
e.g. C.A. 5 years
o passes 0 tests at 5 year level
o passes 5 tests at 3 year level
o passes 1 test at year 4 level
o mental age = 3.2 years
What did Charles Spearman develop?
the correlation procedure, from correlations created another more complicated procedure called factor analysis
what does Spearman’s factor analysis allow us to do?
Allows us to recognise which variables ‘clump’ together, and which theoretically have some underlying common cause
Why did Spearman employ factor analysis?
to investigate to investigate the structure of intelligence, using new tests that were emerging at the time. He correlated people’s scores on many different intellectual tasks, and found that they all correlated to some extent
What did Spearman assume from the inter-correlations he found using factor analysis?
He assumed that all the tasks measured some underlying general trait, which he called g, for general intelligence
What is Spearman’s 2 factor theory?
It is correlation and factor analysis of different intellectual tasks.
What does it mean when all tasks are intercorrelated in Spearman’s 2 factor theory>
There is an underlying g (or general intelligence)
what does it mean when some groups of tasks are intercorrelated more strongly in Spearman’s 2 factor theory?
underlying s (or specific ability)
what is the g factor in Spearman’s 2 factor theory?
General ability for complex mental work
What is the s factors in Spearman’s 2 factor theory?
series of specific abilities such as math and verbal skills
What did Spearman conclude that intelligent behaviour must involve?
involves both general and specific abilities
What did the 2-factor theory of intelligence allow?
allowed for a person to be outstanding at one type of test and average at another
What were the issues of Binet-Simon’s 1908 intelligence test?
Binet’s test involved different tasks but…
o specific factors averaged out
o account for a small proportion of measured intelligence
o Binet’s test predominantly a measure of g.
What did tests following Binet-Simons 1908 test maximise in?
maximised the amount of g in their tests
What did Louis Terman do in 1916?
He revised Binet and called it the Stanford-Binet
How did Terman change the 1908 Binet-Simons test of Intelligence?
Revised items that didnt perform as expected and normed the test on many more people, however the people were all white children native to california. He added adult items and introduced the use of the Intelligence Quotient
what is the Stern/Terman’s IQ equation?
I.Q. = (Mental Age/Chronological age) x 100
What does Stern/Terman’s IQ equation allow?
direct comparison between different children of different ages.
Eg. Is a 7 year old who gets all items for 9 year olds right as intelligent as an 11 year old that gets all items right for 9 year olds?