PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Modafinil, Gartner, Carol Dweck
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Intelligence and thinking: the stanford-binet test: alfred binet argued that intelligence should be indicated by more complex thinking processes (memory, attention, comprehension) The wechsler adult intelligence scale: this says that the intelligence level will not change, they will forever, to better reflect one"s presumably innate and fixed levels of intelligence, Terman adopted william stern"s concept of intelligence quotient (cid:523))q(cid:524) Reasoning indices: cpi based on working memory and processing speed subtests. Included in full scale iq category b/c greater working memory capacity and processing speed allow more cognitive resources to be devoted to reasoning and solving problems. Intelligence test scores can be influenced by fatigue, illness, stress, or our beliefs that we have about our own intelligence. 9. 2 understanding intelligence: savant: a person with low mental capacity in most domains but extraordinary abilities in other specific areas (i. e. music, math, art) Intelligence as a single general ability generalized cognitive ability many different topics.
