PSY 335 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Premorbidity, David Wechsler, Raymond Cattell
27 Apr 2016
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Chapter seven: assessment intellectual and cognitive measures. Members consist of people with iq scores in the 98th percentile (top 2% of population) Giftedness: iq score in the top 2% of the population (iq at or above 130); this is the definition in most jurisdictions. Mental retardation: iq score in the lowest 2% of the population (iq at or below 70), as well as impairments in functioning in areas such as self-care, social skills, home living, and work. Bell curve: reviews history of research on intelligence. Sparked debate about meaning of intelligence and advantages vs disadvantages of intelligence test usage. Attempted to link research to public policy. Emotional intelligence: abilities that enable the perception, understanding, and regulation of emotions. Binet/simon: first standardized intelligence test in certain population (designed to identify slow children ) Problems arise from this formula when standard deviation of iq distribution varies with age. Early 1900s saw the first intelligence tests.
