Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Criterion Validity, Standard Deviation, Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Lecture 28: intelligence part 1 january 16th, 2018. Main ideas: problem solving, psychometric approach, bias. Review from last class: sternberg and davidson (1982, correct solutions to insight problems, involve selective encoding, selective combination and selective comparison. Scribner (1977: all kpelle men are rice farmers, mr. smith is not a rice farmer. Is he a kpelle man: ecological approach. Psychometric approach: galton in 1869, he looked at relatives of intelligent people, ex. Concept of iq developed by terman (and stern: adapts binet scale for use in the usa while at stanford, stanford-binet test is still widely used, ex. If the child is 10 years old but scores at the level of average 12 year old. Iq = ma/ca * 100 (must know this formula) Idea of assigning an iq score based on mental age breaks down with adults: ex. A 20 year old with 60 year old mind would have a 300 iq: use standard deviation to solve this problem.