PSY 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Block Design, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 335
• Professor: S. Sweeney

Document Summary

Started with alfred binet"s rst easy-to-administer, object iq test. High level of ability (ability to reason, problem-solve, judgement, eg: solve problems/ puzzles, de ne vocabulary words, interpret proverbs ) Compare kids: objective measure allows to compare kids with one another. French government : make this measure, so that we can put some groups of kids into the special education. G (general intelligence)= single, big, overarching in uencing all over our cognitive concepts/ functioning: what evidence supports this, your ability to recognize patterns. Performance on all types of intellectual tasks is positively correlated, even if the tasks are dissimilar. Positively correlated: overall score iq test score tends to correlate positively with the grades get in school/ achievement tests eg: sat. Act: g correlated with people"s knowledge of subjects that are not explicitly taught in school eg: arts/ art history, intelligence as basic abilities.