1. What Is Intelligence?

2. What skills or characteristics do “smart people” possess?
Verbal??
Problem Solving?
Practical??

3. Aptitude Vs Achievement
a test designed to predict a person’s future performance
aptitude is the capacity to learn
Achievement
a test designed to assess what a person has learned

4. Does an IQ Test measure aptitude or achievement?
Defined:
Does an IQ Test measure aptitude or achievement?

6. Intelligence Quotient Tests
Stanford - Binet:
MA/CA X 100 =IQ
The Wechsler IQ Test ( WAIS)
Performance
Verbal
General Intelligence (g)
factor that underlies specific mental abilities( Spearman)

7. Factor Analysis

14. Are IQ Test Valid? Reliable?
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

15. Howard Gardeners Theory:
Multiple Intelligences:
Linguistic
Logic-mathematical
Spatial
Musical
Bodily-Kinesthetic
Personal

16. Typical IQs by Profession
140:
Top Civil Servants; Professors and Scientists.
130:
Physicians; Lawyers; Engineers
School Teachers; Pharmacists; Accountants; Nurses; Stenographers; Managers.
120:
110:
Foremen; Clerks; Telephone Operators; Salesmen; Policemen; Electricians.
100+:
Machine Operators; Shopkeepers; Butchers; Welders; Sheet Metal Workers.
100-:
Warehousemen; Carpenters; Cooks and Bakers; Small Farmers; Truck Drivers.
90:
Laborers; Gardeners; Farmhands; Miners; Factory Packers.