Intelligence

Question 1

Simon-Binet test

Answer 1

30 questions of increasing difficulty
-to test academic output not intelligence, he thought intelligence was too complex

Question 2

Wechler tests

Answer 2

Has both verbal and performance IQ sub scales

Question 3

Raven’s progressive matrices

Answer 3

Patterns with a missing section and ask to determine the missing piece
-without the influence of language ability
-culturally non-biased

Question 4

The Flynn effect

Answer 4

Rise in IQ scores
Explaination: education, the complexity of the world, better health = affects brain functions

Question 5

Spearman’s two factors theory

Answer 5

General intelligence (g) varies across people but is stable within a person
Specific abilities (s) are related to education and opportunities

You can train s factors

Question 6

Cattell and horn theory

Answer 6

Fluid intelligence: (you capacity to reason: genetics)
-affected by age

Crystalized intelligence: knowledge and learning acquired through a lifetime (motivated learning, also depends on opportunities)
-stable as we get older

Question 7

Savant syndrome

Answer 7

A person that is otherwise in mental abilities has an expectional specific ability.
-suggests that different forms of intelligence, supported be different cognitive processes

Question 8

Acquired savants

Answer 8

People who acquire specific skills from brain injury: to compensate other areas of the brain will rewire