PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Lewis Terman, Intelligence Quotient, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Oliver Hardt

Document Summary

Lead to the development of the stanford-binet test by. Lewis terman, who developed the idea of the intelligence quotient: wechsler test: deviation iq, problem with stanford-binet test was that mental age stagnates and some point, but the chronological age does not. Asian americans tend to score higher: they also tend to believe that their intelligence is fixed at a low level, in accordance with prevailing stereotypes. G determines performance in any content area: the specific abilities (sensory acuity, processing speed, etc. ) are the s factors of intelligence. This specific intelligence applies to limited content area: g predicts success throughout life. This is expected to increase with age (ex. Reasoning, verbal abilities, numerical abilities) (2) fluid intelligence: the capacity to solve new problems. Experiences and education have little impact on fluid intelligence, as it refers to the inherited ability tor reason and think. May contribute to general intelligence by helping recognize what information is important.