intelligence Flashcards
(10 cards)
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intelligence & Piaget
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- intelligence is the organism’s ability to adapt to its environment
- assimilation & accommodation
- born w/3 basic genetically determined reflexive actions: sucking, grasping, looking
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GALTON: testing intelligence
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- scientific measure of intelligence, intelligence regarded as genetically determined (inherited)
- rank is not related to intelligence: found there was no relationship between intelligence and rank/position in society
3
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Binet-Simon scale
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- IQ test, aim was to identify children who were failing to progress and needed support
- Terman’s IQ betrayal: used IQ test to rank people based on gender, class, etc.
4
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reliability & validity of intelligence testing
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- reliability: practise effects minimised by using half-tests & alternate questions
- validity: concurrent validity, predictive validity, content validity
5
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intelligence tests & schooling
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- Binet-Simon test initially deployed to identify children w/learning difficulties
- Tripartite System, 11+ testing
- intelligence tests are not fair for minority groups: dynamic testing would be better (links to Vygotsky ZPD)
6
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GALTON & SPEARMAN
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- emphasis on a single general intelligence permeating an individual’s performance (‘g’)
- Spearman: intelligence is an adaptation to the environment (Piaget link)
7
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STERNBERG
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- Triarchic theory
- 3 fundamental aspects of intelligence: analytical/academic, creative, practical
8
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GARDNER: multiple intelligences
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- theory of multiple intelligences
- individuals draw on autonomous intelligences to create products & solve problems that are relevant to the societies they live in
9
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expectations of the self & others
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- Lake Wobegon effect: people believe their abilities are above average compared to others
- this may impact what we think we can achieve (self-fulfilling prophecy)
10
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what are savants?
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- individuals who have low intelligence scores on traditional scales
- however have one or more exceptional ability
