PSYCH 9C Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Set Theory, Psychometrics, Intelligence Quotient
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Introduction: intelligence de nition from a decade ago: the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience, still room for debate about what intelligence is. Intelligence testing: french minister appoints committee to nd kids who perform bad in school and try remedial education, alfred binet big role. Measuring intelligence: needed objective way to assess kids abilities, designed test was guided by the belief that intelligence is a capacity that matters for many aspects of cognitive functioning. Varying tasks in content and dif culty: copy drawing, repeat digits, understand story, arithmetic reasoning, etc. Realized someone might get lucky on 1 or 2 or maybe they have had past experience with a similar task so they end up doing good. However, a truly intelligent person will do well on all the test so thy took a composite score of all tasks.
