PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Egocentrism, Flynn Effect, Object Permanence
14 Dec 2015
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Basic assumptions: ability to perform cognitive tests, and capacity to learn from experience. Plus: to reason well, remember important info, cope well in daily living. Deductive from idea/general info to conclusion. Inductive specific fact/observation to broader generalizations and theories. Insight problem test ability to think outside the box. Functional fixedness difficulty to see alternative uses for common objects. Reliability a reliable test produces same result if one person takes it multiple. Validity if test is actually measuring the trait it is supposed to be measuring. Stanford-binet test intelligence scale with 30 short tasks. Charles spearman & g" most people who performed well on intelligence tests performed well on all tasks. Iq standardized 100 will be mean score iq score is relative to general population. Genetics vs environmental differences: identical twins vs fraternal twins identical twins have more similar iq, identical twins in diff environment iq is still similar.
