PSYC37H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9,10,13,17,19: Mhealth, Neurology, Nih Toolbox
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3 independent research traditions used to study the nature of human intelligence: psychometric approach examines elemental structure of test. Oldest and basis of binet"s approach information-processing approach examines the processes that underlie how we learn and solve problems: cognitive tradition focuses on how humans adapt to real world demands. Binet believed intelligence is expressed through judgment, attention and reasoning. Used trial and error as well as experimentation and hypothesis testing procedures. Age differentiation refers to the simple fact that one can differentiate older children from younger children by the older"s greater capabilities. Mental age: equivalent age capabilities of a child independent of his or her chronological age. Total product of the various separate elements of intelligence freed himself from the burden of identifying each element or independent aspect of intelligence also of finding the relation of each element to the whole.
