FINAL REVIEW Flashcards
what is intelligence
abstract concept
varies based on context and culture
how did weschler define intelligence
our ability to understand and adjust to the world around us
how did Gottfredson define intelligence
out ability to attend to, understand, and adaptively response to the external environemnt
what did O’Reily and Carr believe intelligence was
out ability to process, manipulate and use information AND composite of core features
what were the core features o’reily and carr include in their definition of intelligence
reasoning, planning, problem solving, abstract thinking, comprehending complex ideas , learning quickly and learning from experience
what did sternberg believe intelligence was
out ability to learn from experience and adapt to environment
what did Galton established
people differ in intelligence;
heritability of intelligence
what studies is galton known for
twin studies and family studies-classist
what hypothesis did cattell test
the brains efficiency reflects intellect with psychological tests
what were the results of cattells
did not correlate well with grades implying that they measure diff things
what did binet create
a diagnostic test to identify children who needed special services
who created the term “mental age”
binet - noticed people got smarter as they aged
what did goddard do to binets test
translate it to english and popularized it
who studied immigrants arriving at Ellis island
goddard
what did goddard determine about th eimmigrants
80% were feebleminded
who studied the kallikak study
goddard
what did the kallikak study teach us
analysis of intelligence in two anscetral lines; one husband two wives; theorized intellgince derives from sinfle genes
because of genetic assumption, this person believed ‘feeble-minded’ people shoul
not marry or reproduce for the greater good
what changed about goddards views
saw the negative effects of eugenics
what did terman do
coopted the IQ from Stern
who put the stanford in -stanford-binet test
terman
what did yerkes do
chaired the committee to create a non-diagnostic group test to assess intelligence in WW11 drafting
what were yerkes tests about
crystallized vs fluid - alpha vs beta
whos the king and what did he do
weschler created the wais and wisc still used
1889
castrated patients at home for the feeble minded
1909
USA 6 states that had eugenics laws permitting sterilization of inferior people
goddard believed group diff in testing was not an artifact of the test but
of the group
eugenics became so popular how many states had them
30
succe
