Chapter 10 Flashcards by kribba e

Intelligence can be measured by Sensorimotor abilities

Galton
Grip Strength
Accuracy of smell detection
How far you can see
mental ability is inherited
eugenics

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Intelligence quotient, IQ

Binet
Measures “mental age”, how well you can think
(Mental age/chronological age) x100
(12/10) x100=120
assumes older=smarter
the concept of mental age

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stanford binet test-Lewis Terman

WWI used these to determine intelligence and assign ranks accordingly, Army alphas had high verbal scores, and betas did not, only tests for verbal scores

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Stanford-Binet & Wechsler Scales-David Wechler scales

Intelligence is set of verbal and non-verbal skills
Each with subcategories

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psychometric approach to intelligence

Attempts to map the structure of intellect and that to discover the kinds of mental competencies that underlie test performance

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cognitive processes approach to measuring intelligence

Attempts to map the structure of intellect and that to discover the kinds of mental competencies that underlie test performance

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factor analysis approach to measuring intelligence

A factor allows us to infer the underlying characteristic that presumably accounts for the links among the variables in the cluster

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charles spearman

General intelligence - whatever special abilities might be required to perform that particular task.
E.g., your performance in a mathematics course would depend mainly on your general intelligence but also on your specific ability to learn mathematics

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general intelligence

G-if this is high all aspects of intelligence tend to be higher, tends to define cognitive abilities

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Specific intelligence

S-can be for math, verbal production, anything

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Thurstone’s primary abilities

intelligence performance for specific abilities
S—Space
Reasoning about visual scenes
V—Verbal comprehension
Understanding verbal statements
W—Word fluency
Producing verbal statements
N—Number facility
Dealing with numbers
P—Perceptual speed
Recognizing visual patterns
M—Rote memory
Memorizing
R—Reasoning
Dealing with novel problems

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Crystalized intelligence

Apply previously learned knowledge to current problems
Being familiar with a skill
Driving, drawing, cooking
You can do this shit without thinking`

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fluid intelligence

Deal with novel situations without any previous knowledge
Now i need to draw a dog, im bad at drawing dogs

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analytical

book smart, planning

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practical

street smarts, performance

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creative

problem solving, have and apply knowledge

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linguistic intelligence

utilize language sufficiently like a writer

logical-mathematical

reason mathematically and logically

visuospatial

Solve spatial problems or to succeed in a field (architecture)

Musical

perceive pitch and rhythm and to understand and produce music

Bodily-kinesthetic

Control body movements and skillfully manipulate objects, as demonstrated by a highly skilled dancer, athlete, or surgeon

Interpersonal

understand and relate well to others

intrapersonal

understand yourself

emotional intelligence

Read others emotions accurately
To respond to emotions accurately
To motivate one’s self
To be aware of one’s own emotions
To regulate and control one’s own emotional responses

emotional dysregulation

Aggression Inappropriate emotional responses Lack of emotional response Some people call it EQ Important for both inter/intrapersonal

The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT)

Includes specific tasks to measure each branch Perceiving emotions is measured by people’s accuracy in: Judging emotional expressions in facial photographs The emotional tones conveyed by different landscapes and designs

emotional intelligence

Different term emotional competence Distinguish this concept from the traditional mental-skills concept of intelligence

self efficacy

knowing what you are capable of

aptitude

having the capacity for it, G or fluid intelligence

achievement

learned skills, having cultural knowledge or the taboos

test retest reliability

Administer measure to same participants twice and correlate scores Consistent and honest accuracy

internal consistency

All of the items of the test should measure the same thing If 2 teachers grade the same test, i should get the same grade from each of them

interjudge reliability

Consistency of measurement when different people score the same test Your calculus mark is reliable, bot not indicative of your psychology knowledge

test construct

what a test measures

test content

do items measure knowledge or skills the compromise the construct

test criterion

cut off measures, pass or fail, honors or letter grade

standardization-2 meanings

development of norms-provide a basis for interpreting individual score, giving it meaning controlled procedures, control for extraneous factors

the flynn effect

the general increase of IQ scores, the reason for which is unclear

outcome bias

underestimates true intellectual identity

predictive bias

Predicts outcome measures for some groups not others Tests do appear to have predictive bias

between group differences

same plant different soil

within group differences

same plant and soil, just individual variation from plant to plant