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intelligence - ...,. VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔difference in adaptive success among animals and
humans



conceptual perspective - ...,. VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔-inferred processes that explain
different degrees of adaptive success in human/animal behavior
-how to get from one problem situation to a solution



operational perspective - ...,. VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔(examples)
-aptitude or achievement tests (ACT, SAT)
-high school or college GPA
-income



theories - ...,. VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔comprehensive explanations of phenomenons



Charles Spearman - ...,. VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔-"G Factor"
-psychometric approach: measure many "factors" (math, reading comprehension problem
solving) or abilities
-found that a "monarchic" theory of intelligence or the G Factor (General Ability
-S Factor: specific skills and abilities
-measured using mechanical, verbal, and spatial skills



R. Cattell's Theory - ...,. VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔slight/but important modification to
Spearman's ideas

, G-Factor has two components - ...,. VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔1. fluid intelligence
2. crystallized intelligence



fluid intelligence - ...,. VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔*one component of the G-Factor*
-power to use thinking and reasoning (peaks and decline)-better when younger and gets worse
when you age



crystallized intelligence - ...,. VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔*one component of the G-Factor*
-acquired skills, knowledge, etc. (continued growth)



H. Gardner - ...,. VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔claims intelligence has many unrelated forms
-language, music, logic, kinesthetic, etc. (good at one thing and average at everything else)
-case of savant/idiot savant: someone who has a particular unusual talent, but otherwise, dumb
at everything else



the IQ score - ...,. VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔ratio of mental age to chronological age
(MA/CA) x100



Binet and Simon - ...,. VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔written in France, French school children ages
3-15, ? advocated interviews/case studies
-measured attention, memory, and verbal skills
-came over to America and re-developed at Stanford



Stanford-Binet Test - ...,. VERIFIED ANSWER **✔✔-L. Terman @ Stanford U Revision
-ages 2-adult/90 minute to administer
-IQ score with 5 sub-scales
>>working memory, fluid reasoning, knowledge, quantitative reasoning, visuospatial reasoning

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