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Defining & Measuring Intelligence
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Defining & Measuring Intelligence
Intelligence - the ability to learn, remember, and use information, to adapt to novel situations, and to solve problems
- Spearman - intelligence is one thing, which he called general intelligence or g
- Galton - pioneered psychological measurement and idea that we could look at heritability by studying twins
- Binet & Simon - developed test of intelligence in children that became the first IQ test
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
- Originally calculated as a ratio of mental age to physical age
- Now we use deviation IQ, which compares performance to those of the same age
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test - first standardized intelligence test, developed by Terman
- Measured a large sample of children
- Could categorize and compare between individuals
- "normed" so that 100 = average
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - measures ability to remember, calculate, comprehend language, reason, and process information
Flynn effect - when people today take older versions of IQ tests, average scores are above 100
Who developed the first widely used intelligence test?
Practice: Defining & Measuring Intelligence
Which of the following facts about IQ is incorrect?
Practice: Defining & Measuring Intelligence
Which of the following is NOT true of intelligence?
Which intelligence test first suggested the notion of "mental age"?