PSYCH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Lewis Terman, Heritability, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence
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Last part missed from last lecture: classroom specific memory tricks. Increased number of learning sessions (take a break) Allows for you to sustain deeper processing efforts. Increase the number of primacy and recency effect. Encoding/storage techniques that aid in the process of information retrieval. Ability to solve problems and adapt and learn from the environment. Spearman"s psychometric approach to find the g factor. Can be result of outside factors (e. g. health) Three main levels of intelligence (componential, experiential, contextual) (mathematical, apply past experiences to new, understand what"s happening in env. ) Fluid: based on ability to learn across all areas of interest. Crystallized: obtained through experience over lifespan - how much info we have. Compare indiv. to age/culture equiv. peers to determine intelligence. 1904: tasked by french ministry of education. Find a way to help children that could not profit from traditional education. Compare children of different age in how well they performed both the basic and complex skills.
