PSYC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Stereotype Threat, Twin, Lewis Terman

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 201
• Professor: Kathleen Hughes

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What is intelligence: commentary on intelligence stretches back as far as the time of thinkers such as socrates, plato and aristotle. In 1921, scholars at a symposium on intelligence agreed that intelligence involves the ability to learn and meet the demands of the environment effectively. Later on, scholars added on to this definition by saying that intelligence is also the ability to u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ities, (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h is k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as (cid:373)eta(cid:272)og(cid:374)itio(cid:374) Is intelligence general or specific: the philosopher charles spearman was influential in the early days of studying intelligence. Where are we today: today, many agree with the hierarchical model of intelligence, which says that the g factor is involved in every task we carry out, but specific abilities only come into play for some tasks. How do we measure intelligence: the oldest approach to evaluating intelligence is the psychometric approach, which attempts to measure intelligence with psychological tests.