PSY 153 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Block Design, Chisel

• School: Hofstra University
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 153
• Professor: Donna Lutz

Document Summary

Binet influenced the research on individual differences, ex: why some kids succeed in school and others don"t. Rely heavily on math, special, and verbal abilities assessed on intelligence tests. G general intelligence is one single entity responsible for all cognitive functioning, evidence all intelligence tasks seem to be coordinated. Crystallized - what you remember about your experience, knowing the capital of every country what you know, increases throughout your lifetime. Fluid relies heavily on processing speed, how you operate on information how do you think, peaks around age 20. Evidence: items that test crystallized intelligence are more correlated to each other, same thing for fluid. More than 2 abilities comprised of multiple entities, have to show there are difference in these abilities to separate them. If you k(cid:374)o(cid:449) so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s g you predi(cid:272)t their (cid:373)oderately ge(cid:374)eralized a(cid:271)ilities a(cid:374)d so o(cid:374) Verbal comprehension section test general knowledge and your language/comprehension skills.