PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Lewis Terman, Robert Sternberg
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Example: anne mcgarrah; couldn"t count due to william"s syndrome. Neither could she distinguish left from right. Retardation was so severe that she was unable to care for herself or hold a full time job. Although people w/ williams syndrome cannot complete simple daily tasks they typically have gifts for speech and music. Have distinct elfin facial appearance and diminished cognitive abilities. Williams syndrome; caused by absence of 20 genes on chromosome 7, No one knows why the cause of this genetic glitch so profoundly impairs a person"s general cognitive abilities but leaves then w/ talent for music & language. Odd to say someone is intelligent when she cant do simple addition. What exactly is intelligence: 20 years ago, 52 scientific experts came together to answer this question, concluded that intelligence: ability to direct one"s thinking, adapt to ones circumstances and learn from one"s experience.
