T1:Lecture 7 Flashcards
Intelligence is the ability to (4x)
- Acquire and use knowledge
- Plan/Solve problems by taking thought
- Think and reason effectively
- Adapt efficiently with environment and learn quickly from experience
Samuel Morton, what did he look at?
- Cranial volume relating to intelligence
- Gave ranking of races
What did Paul Broca look at?
- Weight of cadaver brain. Heavier = better
- Social bias between gender drove this work
What did Sir Francis Galton do?
- Said intelligence was hereditary. Term eugenics
- Intelligence and preeminence were products of evolution
- Made 1st systematic attempt to measure intelligence
Francis Galton said blocks of intelligence were perceptual sensory motor abilities, what were they? (3x)
- Ability to perceive something
- Quickness of response
- Strength (women as weaker)
What were Francis Galton’s findings?
- No relation to social class
- Developed statistical technique -> r coefficient
What did Alfred Bignet propose?
-Intelligence as a psychological construct
What did Bignet develop?
- Developed test for children
- Predicted school success
- Didn’t rank children, but identified people who required help
What did Lewis Terman do?
Standford-Binet IQ test
What did Henry Goddard do?
Translated Binet test into English and promoted mass testing
What do modern IQ tests show?
- Mental age is replaced with standardised score
- Development of sub-scales
What is the Flynn effect showing?
A generational increase in performance of perceptual tasks. Assumed to be an environmental effect from a continuously complicated world
