PSY 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Life Satisfaction, Memory Span, Standard Deviation

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1001
• Professor: Habashi Meara

Document Summary

Wechsler defined intelligence as the aggregate or global capacity of the individual: to act purposefully, to think rationally, and, to deal effectively with his/her environment, fluid intelligence the ability to learn and problem solve. As you get older, your crystallized intelligence increases but your fluid intelligence decreases. Attempt to measure aptitude: hard to separate aptitude (fluid) and achievement (crystallized) Intelligence is composed of several related components (each of these components need to be measured to accurately measure someone"s intelligence) Verbal comprehension (abstract verbal reasoning, how people can comprehend and verbally express vocabulary, general knowledge you have acquired from culture, most in line with. Working memory (attention, concentration, mental control, seeing how you can use your short term memory and manipulate them in your head while you still keep them in your memory) Perceptual organization (perceptual reasoning, problem solving tasks using nonverbal reasoning) Processing speed (visual, perception, scanning speed, visual motor coordination, how quickly you can process information)