Chapter 9 Flashcards
(27 cards)
What did Galton focused on to explain inteligence?
Sensory Capacity
What was Simon and Binet’s thoughts about intelligence?
Abstract thinking
- reason abstractly
- learn to adapt to novel environmental circumstances
- acquire knowledge
- benefit from experience
Abstract thinking
Capacity to understand hypothetical concepts
Charles Spearman’s thought about intelligence
He said there is 2 types of int.
1. g (general intelligence) 2.s (specific abilities)
Catell and Horn’s thought about intelligence
They said int. is mixed.
Crystallized intelligence and Fluid intelligence
Crystallized intelligence increases as one ages but fluid int. doesn’t.
Crystallized intelligence
Accumulated knowledge of the world acquired
over time
This int. is also postively associated with openness to experience.
Fluid intelligence
Capacity to learn new ways of solving problems
Multiple intelligences
Entirely different domains of intellectual skill
The concept of g is wrong, or at least incomplete
Insist that g is only one component of intelligence
Gardner- Frames of mind
There are numerous “frames of mind,” or different ways of thinking
about the world. Each frame of mind is a different and fully independent intelligence in its own right.
Triarchic model
Model of intelligence proposed by Robert Sternberg positing three distinct types of intelligence: analytical(book smart), practical(street smart), and creative.
Which type of int. is the general g in triarchic model?
Analytical(Book smart)
What correlates with measured inteligence?
Brain volume
What part of the brain’s development is slower in gifted children?
Cerebral cortex
What part of the brain’s active during g-loaded tasks?
Prefrontal cortex
Mental age
Age corresponding to the average individual’s performance on an intelligence test.
Deviation IQ
Compares each person’s scores to what is normal for their own age group.
Eugenics
Movement in the early twentieth century to improve a population’s genetic stock by encouraging those with good genes to reproduce, discouraging those with bad genes from reproducing, or both
G (general intelligence)
Hypothetical factor that accounts for overall differences in intellect among people
S (specific abilities)
particular ability level in a narrow domain
What is triarchic model’s weaknesses?
- Practical intelligence is not independent of g
- Causal relationship between job performance and practical intelligence is not clear.
- We all possess strengths and weaknesses, but they might not be as distinct as theorized.
Stanford- Binet IQ test
Tests of vocabulary, memory of pictures, naming familiar objects, repeating sentences, following commands
Stern’s formula for IQ
Mental age divided with chronological age multiplated with 100
Stern’s formula for IQ’s problem
As we are 16 years old our mental age doesn’t increase that much but we consistently age. If this was true our IQ would go down as we age.
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
15 subjects with 5 scores
* Overral IQ
* Verbal comprehension
* Perceptual reasoning
* Working memory
* Processing speed
