Intelligence

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Intelligence

• Chapter 11

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History of Intelligence

• Alfred Binet (1904)
• Test of academic progress
• Mental age
• Terman (1916)
• Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
• Army alpha and beta
• Innate

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A crazy little thing called . . .

• What is intelligence?
• Spearmans factor analysis
• Thurstones criticism
• Three main factors verbal, spatial, analytical
• g
• Danger of reification
• Gardners Multiple Intelligence
• Sternbergs Triarchic Theory
• Analytical, creative, practical
• Emotional Intelligence

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What are the neurological underpinnings?

• Brain Size and IQ
• Slight correlation
• Brain Glucose Consumption
• Higher IQ people consume less glucose
• Perceptual Speed
• Higher IQ people respond more quickly
• Neurological Speed
• Higher IQ people respond more quickly

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How do we measure it?

• Aptitude (IQ) v. Achievement (SAT)
• Standardized Testing
• Standardization
• Reliability
• Validity
• Aptitude Tests
• WAIS, WISC, PPVT
• Achievement Tests
• SAT, ACT, GRE

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What causes it?

• Genetic Effect
• Twin studies
• Adoption Studies
• Environmental Effects
• Head Start
• Flynn Effect
• Racial and Ethnic Factors
• nonsense