Psychology 100 Guided Notes
Intelligence
Intelligence
I. Cognitive ability 
II. Intelligence 
III. Intelligence Tests
a. What makes a good test?
i. Reliability
1. assessed by consistency of scores on:
a.
b.
c.
ii. Validity
1. Content validity 
2. Criterion validity 
3. Construct validity 
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iii. Bias free
b. History of Intelligence Tests
i. Alfred Binet
ii. Henry Herbert Goddard
1. Eugenics 
iii. Lewis Terman
1. Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
2. IQ =
iv. WWI
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v. David Wechsler
vi. What are Intelligence tests like today?
1. The Normal Curve
IV. Where does Intelligence come from?
a. Nature or nurture?
b. Genetic Influence on Intelligence
i. Ethnic differences?
c. Environmental factors
d. Gene-environment interaction
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V. Does IQ predict academic success?
a. Aptitude tests 
b. Achievement tests 
VI. How do we study Intelligence?
a. Psychometric approach  Emphasizes the measures of intelligence
i. Charles Spearman
1.
2.
ii. LL Thurstone
iii. Raymond Cattell
1. Fluid intelligence 
2. Crystallized intelligence 
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b. Information-processing approach  Emphasizes mental processes underlying
intelligent behavior
i.
ii.
iii.
c. Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory
i. 3 types of intelligence
1.
2.
3.
ii. Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
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