Problem 2 - the highest virtue Flashcards
Density distribution approach
-determining how differently the typical person acts on different approaches
evidence for situation position
-people act very differently on different occasions
mental abilities
-capacity to solve problems that demand thinking-related skills
Cattell, Galton
-believed that individual differences in intellectual abilities could be understood as result of differences in physical/sensory abilities
Binet und simon
-first researchers to develop tasks assessing mental abilities
stern ?
-introduced the concept of IQ
IQ= mental age / chronological age x 100
spearman and the g factor
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low g loading tasks
- automatic
- simpel mental processes
Thurstone - 7 primary factors
1) verbal fluency
2) verbal comprehension
3) ) numerical facility
4) spatial visualization
5) memory
6) perceptual speed
7) reasoning
G plus group factors
- g factor exists
- also 7 factors
j. paul guilford - structure of intellect model
-150 different abilities
-3 dimensions:
operation -> mental processing types (evaluation, memory, cognition)
content (visual material, auditory material etc )
products ( how info is stored and processed)
-no impirical support
cattell (other cattell) - 2 factor theory / heirarchial model
- crystalized
- fluid
biological basis of mental ability
- brain size
- nerve conduction velocity
- reaction time
- inspection time
- brain waves: averaged evoked potentials (EEG)
- brain glucose metabolism ( higher mental ability -> less glucose consumption)
genetic influences
- womb environment, nutrition
- birth order ( first-borns -> slightly higher IQs)
evolution and mental ability
-mutations
Gardener’s Theory of multiple intelligence
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Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of intelligence
3 fundamental aspects of mental ability
1) analytic intelligence
2) creative intelligence
3) practical intelligence
Emotional intelligence
-ability to perceive and understand one’s emotions and those of others (Mayer), ability to regulate one’s emotions, including characteristics such as self-control, self-confidence, trustworthiness, empathy, … (Goleman)
ability models
-emotional intelligence as ability
mixed models
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the four branch (ability) model of EI
- ability model
- Mayer and Salovey
1) perceiving emotions
2) using emotions
3) understanding emotions
4) managing emotions
MSCEIT test
-measuring emotional intelligence
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Flynn effect
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3 possible Explanations for Flynn effect
- by Flynn
1) gains are not real, but because of artifical sampling error
2) test sophistication
3) real intelligence increase
