PSYCH-114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Critical Period, Social Skills, Normal Distribution
23 Oct 2016
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Intelligence: the ability to acquire knowledge, think logically, & use resources effectively. Cultures vary in ways they define intelligence. An all-purpose ability to: do well of cognitive tasks, solve problems, learn from experience. Measuring intelligence: criteria for a good intelligence test. Validity- measuring what we"re intended to measure. Reliability- yielding consistent, reproducible measure of performance. Standardization- developing uniform procedures for administering and scoring a test. Iq tests: developed by binet (1904, mental age- and individuals level of mental development relative to that of others, intelligence quotient (iq), developed by stern (1912, normal distribution. A majority of the scores falling in the middle of the possible range. Weschler developed intelligence tests for adults & children that measured both nonverbal & verbal intellectual abilities: wais 1939, wisc 1955, wippsi 1967. Culturally biased tests have favored people: from urban environments, of middle socioeconomic status, who are white. Culture-fair tests 2 types: intelligence tests intended to be culturally ubiased, includes nonverbal questions.
