PSYC 2500 Lecture 12: PSYC 2500 Lecture 12&13
16 Nov 2016
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Pragmatics: give 2 samples of pre-linguistic preparedness (eg. evidence that learning language is innate) Using a term to refer to a larger group of events than is usually done. Intelligence: ability to adapt to one"s environment, think abstractly, problem solve. Saturday, october 22, 2016: intelligence, trait or series of traits, characterizing some people to a greater extent than others, identify these traits, how do we measure them. - understanding differences in terms of the level of intelligence in people. Psychometric approach: to identify those traits, to measure them, assess individual differences. Theories of intelligence: lumpers vs splitters, lumpers: general capacity, one overall score, e. g. binet, splitters: separate abilities, function independently, e. g. , wechsler, gardner. These type of questions, the person has to respond with a verbal explanation: performance iq. Putting puzzle pieces together so it makes a story. Saturday, october 22, 2016: full scale iq. Combination of the verbal and performance iq scores. Ability to solve novel and abstract problems.
