module 10 : intelligence Flashcards
intelligence
ability to discern true or important information from false or unimportant information
- difficult to measure and understand
Aristotle : two dimensions of behavioural flexibility
- practical wisdom : application of knowledge (reasoning)
- theoretical wisdom : extention of ideas across conteste, science, abstract
The Flynn effect
we are getting smarter due to the environment factors
- nutrition and health
- better education
- increasing complexity of environment and technologie
measuring intelligence : Galton
physiological measures predicts intelligence
- eugenics : Darwinism
- conclusion : intelligence is normally distributed
binet and simons inteligence tests
evaluates mental age with 3 basic abilities
1) direction
2) adaptation
3) criticism
stanford-binet test
- invented IQ
- mental age divided by chronically age x 100
(doesn’t work for adults)
Wechsler test
- developed deviated IQ comparing how an individual compares to the average on standardized test
- bias
Darwinism
eugenics (good genes)
- survival of the fittest
stereotype threats
Refers to the risk of confirming negative expectations about one’s own social group
mindset
mental structure of representation, attitude, interpretations …
spearman
we have one general intelligence (g)
-factor analysis (statistical technique)
thurstone
several abilities
7 clusters …
content validity
The extent to which a test samples the behaviour that is of interest
predictive validity
The success with which a test predicts the behaviour it is designed to predict
cattel
hierarchical structure
- general intelligence
- fluid general intelligence
- crystallized general intelligence
- cognitive flexibility