inteligenta - conceptii

Question 1

What is intelligence?

Answer 1

General cognitive ability

A very general mental capability that involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, learn quickly and learn from experience.
Making sense of things, comprehending our surroundings.

Question 2

What is a latent variable?

Answer 2

Variables that are unobserved, but whose influence can be summarized through one or more indicator variables.

Question 3

What is the latent concept of intelligence?

Answer 3

Notion of intelligence derives from psychometric instruments that predict performance in school (test scores).
Intelligence is directly inferred from relationship between test scores.

Question 4

What was the first ability test?

Answer 4

Alfred Binet designed 1st intelligence test with Simon.

Question 5

What are the 2 kinds of intelligence?

Answer 5

Fluid
Crystallised

Question 6

What is fluid intelligence?

Answer 6

The capacity to learn new things

Question 7

What is crystallised intelligence?

Answer 7

Learned knowledge, information
More affected by experience
Knowledge tests

Question 8

How are tests of fluid and crystallised intelligence similar?

Answer 8

Validated in large, representative samples: concurrent and criterion validity

Interpreted in terms of bell curve (normal distribution)

Aim to assess individual differences in ability

Question 9

What are criticisms of the concept of intelligence?

Answer 9

Too mathematically and verbally based - book smart
There is more to intelligence than IQ tests measure.