Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Army Beta, Army Alpha

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Intelligence: the ability to acquire knowledge, think/reason efficiently, and adapt to enviros. Intelligence in historical perspective: sir francis galton: quantifying mental ability, believed mental abilities were inherited (measured mental abilities to prove, alfred binet. The nature of intelligence: psychometric approach: measures the abilities underlying differences in test performance, cognitive processes approach: the specific thought processes that underlie those mental competencies. Crystalized and fluid intelligence: crystallized intelligence (gc): ability to apply previous knowledge to current problems, depends on previous learning, practice, and uses long-term memory. Carroll"s three-stratum model: a modern synthesis: three levels of mental skills, general. Adam khimji (lectures are in red: broad, narrow. Cognitive process theories specific processes that underlie intelligence (galton: triarchic theory of intelligence, diverse forms (ex. Psychological) of intelligence (sternberg: underlying cognitive processes, metacomponents: processes used to plan and regulate task performance, ex. Identifying problems, forming hypotheses and strategies: performance components: actual mental processes used to perform a task, ex.