Week 12: Intelligence (incomplete)

Question 1

What is intelligence according to boring?

Question 2

What is intelligence according to Burt?

Question 3

What is intelligence according to Wechsler?

Question 4

What is intelligence according to Jensen?

Question 5

What is intelligence according to the APA task force?

Question 6

What is Intelligence?

Question 7

What can be said about Intelligence and heritability?

Question 8

What is the subdivision/ taxonomy of cognitive processes?

Question 9

How can we see where intelligence is in the brain?

Question 10

What are different explanations for the performance in individual (sub)tasks?

Question 11

What is the „resource“ explanation of performances in individual tasks?

Question 12

What is the theory of differences in strategies for performance in individual tasks?

Question 13

How is the neural resources theory tested in experiments?

Question 14

How can we explain overall cognitive performance across many subtasks?

Question 15

What is the „efficiency “ explanation of performances in individual tasks?

Question 16

What is the WAIS IV?

Question 17

How is the VCI measured?

Question 18

How is the WMI measured?

Question 19

How is the POI measured?

Answer 19

Picture Completion

→ „ what is missing in this picture?“

Block Design

→ Reconstruct image using elements

Matrix reasoning

→ „which element belongs in the missing field?“

Question 20

How is PSI measured?

Answer 20

Symbol Search

→ „Does search group contain target group elements?“

Digit symbol coding

→ code with number to symbol translation given → task: translate the numbers given to symbols

Question 21

What gives an indication that there might be a global processing speed?

Answer 21

• study by vernon and mori
• Global IQ on multidimensional aptitude battery (MAB) correlated positively with peripheral nerve conduction velocity (PNCV) and negatively with RT

Question 22

What gives us reason to believe there is a common underlying factor?

Answer 22

• spearman observed high correlation between different intellectual abilities
• Common factor: g-factor (general factor)

Question 23

What are Raven Matrices

Answer 23

Test that is often reported to best measure g-factor

Question 24

could brain volume be the g-factor?

Answer 24

• only small correlation between brain volume and intelligence
• Also: similar intelligence of males and females, but 10% less volume in females