PSYC 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Autism Spectrum, Flynn Effect, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence
3 Mar 2017
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Howard gardner defines intelligence as: the ability to solve problems, or to fashion products, that are valued in one or more cultural or community settings . Prodigies, savants, neurodevelopmental disorders including autism spectrum disorder: jagged cognitive profiles. Fluid vs. crystallized intelligence: fluid: ability to solve new problems, crystallized: ability to apply previously-gained knowledge to problems that are similar to ones you know. Gardner"s theory of (7) multiple intelligences: linguistic, mathematical-logical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal. James flynn described increases in iq across generations related to historical changes in the last century: education (number of years, education focuses more on logic, cognitively demanding professions, moral debates. New tests are normed so that the mean will always remain at 100 (to counter the flynn effect) Iq tests first developed by alfred binet to predict school success then used to test army recruits in the us for wwi. Have been used as a scientific and clinical tool since.
