Intelligence & Origins

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General intelligence

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‘G’ represents a single intelligence

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Fluid intelligence

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Gf

Ability to think logically

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Crystallised intelligence

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Gc

Specific knowledge as a result of the application of Gf

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Thurstone found …

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… 7 groupings - called primary mental abilities

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Emotional intelligence

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Able to regulate own emotional behaviour

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Analytics intelligence

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Academic based problem solving

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Creative intelligence

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Reacting to and producing novel ideas

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Practical intelligence

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Required for daily tasks

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Longitudinal Studies

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Observe the development over time period

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Cohort studies

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Involving people from particular groups

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Cross cultural studies

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Compare abilities accords different groups

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According to Popper what is an ultimate question

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Those that cannot be answered by science

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The 1st psychological experiment was by

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Wundt in 1879

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Psychology emerged as …

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… a logical progression after using science to explain human nature

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BPS define psychology as …

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The scientific study of people, the mind and behaviour

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Mind body relationship

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How is the conscious experience related to neuropsychological processes

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Dualism

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2 types of substances in the world. Mental and physical

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Mentalism

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Everything is a subjective experience. Nothing is concrete

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Epiphenomenlism

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Mental states have a non physical existence

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Emergence

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Mental states cannot be reduced to physical causes - or explained by them

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Monism

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The mind is all that exists

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Materialism

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Only physical states are real

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Psychometric testing

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The scientific measurement of individual differences

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Objectivity

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All observers would produce an identical account of an event

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Normative rest

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The range of scores expected

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Criterion test

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Used in the assessment of competencies

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Ideographic test

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To monitor the individual and their progress

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Internal consistency

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All parts of the test is reliable

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Test re test reliability

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Remains valid each test

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Concurrent reliability

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Correlate with a test at the same time on same subject

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Predictive validity

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Should relate to future behaviour

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Classical conditioning

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Behaviours can be learned

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Operant conditioning

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Behaviour is conditioned through rewards and punishment

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Reinforcers

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Are events that increase the likelihood of a behaviour following its occurrence

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Positive reinforcer

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Pleasant tell outcomes following behaviour

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Negative reinforcer

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Unpleasant outcomes removed following behaviour