lecture 3

Question 1

what are the four main types of intelligence theories

Answer 1

psychometric
cognitive
cognitive-contextual
biological

Question 2

where did psychometric theories stem from

Answer 2

studying individual differences in performance on cognitive tests

Question 3

once the iq test scores are analyzed, we find

Answer 3

underlying cognitive ability ie factors eg verbal ability, reasoning

Question 4

caveats of psychomentric testing

Answer 4

results of such approach depend crucially on sampling of tests used

Question 5

resulting psychometric theories are interwined with…

Answer 5

selected mathematical techniques used to analyze the correlational data

Question 6

what are typical questions in psychometric theories

Answer 6

what is the structure of human intelligence and what is importance of general intelligence

Question 7

main theories of psychometric theories

Answer 7

spearmans g
thurstone primary ability
chc model

Question 8

spearmans two factor theory

Answer 8

first to develop theory of intelligence based on psychometrics and performed his own experiment in 1904

Question 9

what were the measures of intelligence in spearmans experiment

Answer 9

school achievment- school achievment corrected for age- teachers impressions of students and common sense as evaluated by interview

Question 10

meausres of spearmans experiment

Answer 10

discrimination of pitches, shades of gray and weights

Question 11

what did spearman assume

Answer 11

all measures of sensory discrimination and intelligence should be perfectly intercorrelated

Question 12

given spearmans assumptions, what did he do with his data

Answer 12

corrected the correlation so that it was a 1.00 correlation which was overcorrection making the data unreliable

Question 13

what did spearman believe

Answer 13

intelligence is unitary and interpersonal difference in intelligence

Question 14

what is g

Answer 14

not clear, could be what is common to all tests of intellectual ability; could be neural plasticity of the blood; g is mental enegery

Question 15

two factors theory of intelligence

Answer 15

g- general intelligence, genetic, stable, necessary for all intellectual tasks
s- specific ability related to task, skills can be developed, tasks have various g loading

Question 16

thurstone disagreed with spearman about what

Answer 16

single overarching g factor

Question 17

thurstones view on g

Answer 17

the mind was dominated by several group factors

Question 18

thurstone colected data from 240 students doing 56 ability tests what did he find

Answer 18

7-9 factors

Question 19

what did thurstone use for his belief in g

Answer 19

used a confirmatory factor analysis technique

Question 20

what was factor analysis role in thurstones theory

Answer 20

reveal the independent factors then knowing them can develop tests assessing them

Question 21

vernon added to the debate how

Answer 21

hierarchical models - multilevel - the structure of human abilities

Question 22

cattells views

Answer 22

supervised by spearman - view as highly shaped by environment

Question 23

what was cattell not a fan of

Answer 23

notion of a general factor of intelligence

Question 24

cattel introduced the notion that

Answer 24

deterioration in adults was not uniform across all tests but differential

Question 25

according to cattell was showed the least decline across lifespan

Answer 25

vocabulary, information, verbal comprehension

Question 26

according to cattell what showed the greatest declines across lifespan

Answer 26

speeded tasks, abstract problem-solving, unfamiliar performances

Question 27

the former became referred to as.... and latter...

Answer 27

crystallized and fluid

Question 28

cattells investment theory

Answer 28

people invest their fluid intelligence to acquire specific skills, strategies and knowledge in all kinds of fields

Question 29

horn

Answer 29

cattells doctoral students and suggested other forms of intelligence exist beyond Gc Gf

Question 30

gv spatial intelligence includes

Answer 30

vz, s, cf, cs, dft

Question 31

vz stabds for

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visualization; process of imagining the way objects may change as they move in space

Question 32

s stands for

Answer 32

spatial orientation; maintaining orientation with respect to objects in space

Question 33

cf/cs stand for

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flexibility closer/ speed closure keeping configurations in mind and finding the gestalt among disparate parts in visual field

Question 34

dft stands for

Answer 34

adaptive flexibility; maintaining a flexibility concerning other possible structuring of elements in space

Question 35

gs general speediness includes

Answer 35

sc, wf, p

Question 36

sc stands for

Answer 36

speed copying

Question 37

wf stands for

Answer 37

writing flexibility

Question 38

p stands for

Answer 38

perceptual speed

Question 39

horn that Gs was the by product of

Answer 39

of difficult the test is to a person

Question 40

horn though that gs is measured

Answer 40

mostly purely simple writing and checking tasks

Question 41

horns view on g

Answer 41

did not agree with the value of g; rejects the notion that general intelligence esists whether comprised of one or two gs

Question 42

the gf-gc theory to horn

Answer 42

questions the belief that conglomerate measured by combining subscores from a collection of intelliectual tests in the best estimate of intelligence

Question 43

horn adds more factors such as

Answer 43

glr -fluency of retrieval long term storage gsm- short term apprehension and retrieval ga- auditory processing gq- math and quantitative abilities grw- reading and writing ability cds- correct decision speed, rapidity in providing correct not merely quick responses

Question 44

carrolls three stratum model

Answer 44

alanyzed 2000 datasets - wanted to provide extensions to and expansions of existing theoretical models

Question 45

what were carrolls analysis on his model

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exploratory not confirmed- insisted upon the use of exploratory rather than confirmatory because he wished to allow the data to speak for itself

Question 46

what does carroll do with the chc model

Answer 46

further develops it - three stratum model - includes a strtum above essentially the same as g

Question 47

what did carrolls analysis reveal at the narrow ability level

Answer 47

65 primary first-order factors

Question 48

what did carrolls analysis reveal at the broader ability level

Answer 48

only 8 broad abilities

Question 49

mcgrew analysis

Answer 49

joint confirmatory factor analyses and found 9 broad abilities and 36 narrow

Question 50

mcgrews newest version of chc theory is currently

Answer 50

being used to revise the factorial structure of IQ test and their subtests

Question 51

shows all tests in IQ battery.. to correlate

Answer 51

tend; tendency for all scores to be in the same range for one person