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| Alfred Binet and Theophile Simon |
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| in order to select capable children-- measure their natural intelligence- an aptitude to learn |
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| WILIAM STERN-- mental age |
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| the score you score on the natural intelligence test |
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| your mental age divided by your biological age multiplied by 100 |
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| your score divided by the average score of you age group m 100 |
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| the answers and direct results you get from the intelligence tests-- you CAN measure it |
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| good grades,money and everything-- that are not necessarily correlated with each other-- but you cannot directly measure them,but you can through responses |
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| intelligence, that enables us to perform numerous consequential behaviors. |
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| high correlation btw high test scores and salary, academic experience, academic performance. |
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Charles Spearman
Two factor theory |
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| single general ability-intelligence (g)-- which influences cons. behaviors. A theory that suggests that every task requires general knowledge and ability and specific skills (S) unique to that task |
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| Louis Thurstone- multiple factor theory |
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primary mental abilities.
three level hierarchy-- intelligence on the top, subabilites-middle level abilities, and specific abilities |
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| you start with the bottom- examine the responses, and then via correlation patterns find middle level abilities |
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| you develop the test with questions that will determine what you think are middle level abilities |
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| 8 middle level abilities by BOTTOM UP appriach |
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memory and learning
visual perception
auditory perception
retrieval ability
cognitive speediness
processing speed
fluid intelligence
crystalized intelligence |
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| the ability top process info. when you are asked a logic question under time pressure |
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accuracy and amount of stored information.
vocabulary,historical facts, |
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| Robert Sternberg's top down approach |
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| there are some middle level abilities that cannot be tested-- analytical int, creative and practical int. analytical-- the ability to find a strategy to solve, practical- to apply in everyday settings, creative- find new solutions like nobody else's |
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| Howard Gardner and 8 eight factors- top-down |
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linguistic
logical-mathematical
spatial
musical
bodily-kinesthetic
interpersonal
ntrapersonal
naturalistic |
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| a hypothetical mental ability that allows people to DIRECT their thinking, ADAPT to their surroundings, and LEARN from their experiences |
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| intelligence-is how the brain works and how well it works-- so genes form brain- so genes affect intelegence |
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identical twins
fraternal twins |
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1. from one egg fertilizied by one sperm-- 100
2. from different eggs and sperms- 50 |
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| a statistics that describes the difference in intelligence as the difference between people's genetic make up |
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| shared and nonshared environment |
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1. environmental factors that are the same for all household members-- same diet,books
2. env. factors that are not epxerienced by all family members, peers,aspects of parenting |
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| group differences in intelligence test scores |
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| some groups outscore others-- test are biased, the context of test taking, group differences- social and economic ones |
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