Intelligence - cognitive psychology PDF

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Intelligence Reminders -homework due by Friday at midnight -exam topics/study schedule on blackboard -no class Wednesday or Friday (conference) What is Intelligence? -within cognitive psychology... -intelligence: ability to learn from experiences, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations -socially constructed concept Intelligence Quotients -history of intelligence tests -lots of subtests -original IQ formula: 100* mental age/chronological age Spearman’s g Theory -one general cognitive ability -evidence? -people who tend to score better on one cognitive test tend to score better on other cognitive tests Two Types of Intelligence -Horn and Cattell – fluid intelligence and crystalized intelligence -fluid intelligence: problem solving and reasoning in novel contexts (ex. Raven) -crystalized intelligence: stuff that you have directly learned (ex. Vocab test)

Flynn Effect -Flynn effect: rise in IQ scores over time -are people actually getting smarter? -NO -groups: alternative explanations

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