1. 1. Which diagram results from folding the diagram on the left?
                                                                                                                                             
2. Which number should replace the question mark?   17 8 5 13 7 4 6 12 3 10 ?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
3. Rearrange the following letters to make a word and choose the category in which it fits.
RAPETEKA
A. city B. fruit C. bird D. vegetable
AACC
4. Find the picture that follows logically from the diagrams to the right.
                                                                     

2. Intelligence This week you took an IQ test.
Did you notice what it was really measuring?
Did you need to have passed calculus to answer the math questions?
Did you have to have speed-reading skills and a college-level vocabulary to do the verbal part?
Were the spatial relationship questions just there to see how well you could draw?
Did it ask you what your class rank and GPA were? Why Not?

3. Origins of Intelligence Testing
ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

4. Origins of Intelligence Testing
Mental Age
a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet
chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance
child who does as well as the average 8-year-old is said to have a mental age of 8

5. Origins of Intelligence Testing
Stanford-Binet
the widely used American revision of Binet’s original intelligence test
revised by Terman at Stanford University

6. Origins of Intelligence Testing
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
defined originally the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100
IQ = ma/ca x 100
Ex: 18/12 x 100 = 150
on contemporary tests, the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100
Established by giving thousands of tests to thousands of people to establish an ‘average’ for a given age
Scores can change over time, but generally they do not vary more than 5 points.

7. What is Intelligence? Factor Analysis General Intelligence (g)
statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called factors) on a test
used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie one’s total score
General Intelligence (g)
factor that Spearman and others believed underlies specific mental abilities
measured by every task on an intelligence test

8. Are There Multiple Intelligences?
Savant Syndrome
condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill
computation
drawing

9. Are There Multiple Intelligences?
Social Intelligence
the know-how involved in comprehending social situations and managing oneself successfully
Emotional Intelligence
ability to perceive, express, understand, and regulate emotions

10. Intelligence and Creativity
the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas
expertise
imaginative thinking skills
venturesome personality
intrinsic motivation
creative environment

11. Assessing Intelligence
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
most widely used intelligence test
subtests
verbal
performance (nonverbal)

12. Assessing Intelligence
Aptitude Test
a test designed to predict a person’s future performance
aptitude is the capacity to learn
Achievement Test
a test designed to assess what a person has learned

13. Assessing Intelligence
Standardization
defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested “standardization group”
Normal Curve
the symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes
most scores fall near the average, and fewer and fewer scores lie near the extremes

14. The Normal Distribution Curve

15. Assessing Intelligence
Reliability
the extent to which a test yields consistent results
assessed by consistency of scores on:
two halves of the test
alternate forms of the test
retesting
Validity
the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
IQ tests are now being studied for culture and gender bias in their questions

16. Assessing Intelligence
Content Validity
the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest
driving test that samples driving tasks
Criterion
behavior (such as college grades) that a test (such as the SAT) is designed to predict
the measure used in defining whether the test has predictive validity

17. Assessing Intelligence
Predictive Validity
success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict
assessed by computing the correlation between test scores and the criterion behavior
also called criterion-related validity

18. The Dynamics of Intelligence
Mental Retardation
a condition of limited mental ability
indicated by an intelligence score below 70
produces difficulty in adapting to the demands of life
varies from mild to profound
Down Syndrome
retardation and associated physical disorders caused by an extra chromosome in one’s genetic makeup

19. “Giftedness”
Not necessarily a “high achiever” who works hard and does well in school
Exceptional attributes and achievements, but not ‘giftedness’
Involves more than excellence in tasks
Distinct difference in functioning: music, math, movement
Not just really good at something: they are exceptional.
This difference often causes social difficulties in finding like-minded people. (Einstein was considered downright weird…)
Because they may not be achieving at a standard others expect, some unidentified gifted children are ‘identified’ as “problem children.”
Giftedness occurs in less than 1% of the population.

20. The Dynamics of Intelligence

21. Where Intelligence Comes From: Genetic Influences
The most genetically similar people have the most similar scores

22. Genetic Influences Heritability
the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes
variability depends on range of populations and environments studied

23. Genetic Influences

24. Environmental Influences
The Schooling Effect

25. Environmental Influences
Social environment
Class which provides early enrichment and experiences
Style of parenting
General home environment
Is goal-setting encouraged?
Is the child driven to improve themselves?
Stereotype Threat
A self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype