PSY 202 Study Guide - Final Guide: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Prefrontal Cortex

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 202
• Professor: Meagan Mackenzie

Document Summary

Intelligence as sensory capacity: how good are your senses: galton measured many people in england and said that better your senses the smarter you are. Intelligence as abstract thinking: binet and simon were to test intelligence, created the intelligence test in early 1900s, higher mental process, type of skills that make human, human. Positi(cid:448)e (cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)elatio(cid:374)s a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g all ite(cid:373)s o(cid:374) iq tests led to pea(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of g a(cid:374)d s. General intelligence (g) accounts for overall differences in intellect among people. Our particular skills are reflected in our specific abilities (s) Cattell and horn theorized that intelligence is a mix of two capacities. Capacity to learn new ways of solving problems, or fluid intelligence. Accumulated knowledge of the world we gain over time, or crystallized intelligence. Several theorists argue that there are entirely different domains of intellectual skill. Gardner"s frames of mind ways of thinking about the world. Argued that autistic savants provided support for these different types of intelligence.