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Intelligence
What makes us smart?Or not so smart?
Intelligence
• Intelligence – a mental ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.
• Culturally constructed - defined according to the attributes that enable success in a culture
– Example:
According to this definition, are both Einstein and Ruth intelligent?
Intelligence Tests
• Intelligence Test – a method of assessing mental aptitudes and comparing them with others– Reification –
converting something abstract into a material thing
• Example:
Theories of Intelligence• 5Theories:
1. g-intelligence (Spearman) 2. Thurstone’s primary mental abilities3. Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence4. Sternberg’s Three Intelligences5. Goldman’s Emotional Intelligence
G factor (Spearman)• General Intelligence (G) - a general
intelligence that underlies successful performance on a wide variety of tasks.– measured with a single numerical score
• Example –
Factor analysis – statistical procedure used to identify clusters of closely related test items.
Used to assess whether intelligence is a single trait or a collection of several distinct abilities (G intelligence uses factor analysis)
L.L. Thurstone
• Thurstone challenged Spearman - identified 7 clusters of mental ability• Word fluency, verbal
comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability inductive reasoning and memory
• Later found
Howard Gardner and Multiple Intelligences
• Gardner believed that there exists at least 7 different types of intelligences.
1. Linguistic2. Logical-mathematical3. Spatial4. Musical5. Body-kinesthetic6. Intrapersonal7. Interpersonal8. Naturalist
• Example
Triarchic Theory (Sternberg)• Most commonly accepted
theory today.• Three types of intelligence
1.Analytical – Example:
2. Creative– Example:
3. Practical– Example:
EQ – Emotional Quotient (Goldman)
• Emotional Intelligence – ability to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions
• Maybe EQ is a better predictor for future success than IQ.
EQ – Emotional Quotient
• Social Intelligence – the ability to comprehend social situations and managing yourself successfully
• Emotional Intelligence – ability to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions– 4 components
– Criticism -
Brain Size and IntelligenceIs there a link?
• Small +.15 correlation between head size and intelligence scores (relative to body size).
• MRI found correlation with brain size and IQ score -
• Einstein’s Brian
Brain Size and Complexity
• Higher performing brains:
• Intelligent children –
BBrain Function
• Perceptual Speed
• Neurological speed
Assessing Intelligence• Frances Galton – intellectual
superiority was inherited– Meaured muscular power, sensory
acuity, and body proportions
• Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon – mental age - what a person of
a particular age should know.• Predict future performance
through determination of mental age
Stanford-Binet (Terman)
• Used Binet’s research to construct the modern day IQ test called the Stanford-Binet Test.
• IQ=Mental age/Chronological age X 100.
• A 8 year old has a mental age of 10, what is her IQ?
• A 12 year old has the mental age of 9, what is his IQ?
• A boy has the mental age of 10 and an IQ of 200, how old is he?
Problems with the IQ Formula
• It does not really work well on adults, why?
then her IQ would be _______?Ok, ok…an average 35 year old? Then her IQ would be_________?
If a 60 year old woman
does as well as an average 29 year old
Still makes no sense!!!!!
The Normal Curve and Stanford-Binet IQ Scores
IQs less than 70 = mental retardation. More than 130 = gifted
Wechsler Tests
• More common • Does not use the
formula but uses the same scoring system.
• WAIS• WISC• WPPSI
Aptitude v. Achievement TestsAptitude• A test designed to
predict a person’s future performance.
• Ability for a person to learn a new skill.
• Example:
Achievement• A test designed to
assess what a person has learned (knowledge and skills)
• Example
Modern Tests of Mental Abilities• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
(WAIS) consists of 11 verbal and performance subtests– Assesses– verbal comprehension, perceptual
organization, working memory, and processing speed scores, as well as an overall intelligence score
– Uses factor analysis• WISC –
• Performance tests - Object assembly, picture arrangement, and block design, digit span, vocabulary
Wechler Adult Intelligence Scale
Constructing Intelligence Tests
• Standardized - a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative pretested group.– Example:
• Reliable: Test-Retest, Split-halves Methods.
• Validity: Content, Predictive or Construct.
Normal Bell Curve• Standardized tests form a normal distribution or bell
curve• Few people deviate extremely from the ave.
– more than 2 standard deviations from the mean– Examples:
The Flynn Effect• Performance on IQ scores has steadily
increased over generations– Environmental factors NOT genetics
• Reduction in malnutrition• Access to schooling• Technological advances
– To avoid:
Reliability• Reliability - The extent
which a test yields consistent results over time.– Spilt halves
– test–retest method –
ValidityValidity - the extent to which a test measures what
it is supposed to measure.• Content Validity: does the test sample the
behavior of interest• Examples:
• Predictive Validity: does the test predict future behavior.
• Examples:
Intelligence Change Over Time• Infant intelligence
• By age 4 –
• By age 7 –
• predictive validity of general aptitude tests
• Depends on the type of intelligence, crystallized or fluid.
Crystallized intelligence
Extremes of Intelligence
• Akrit Jaswal
The Low Extreme
• Intellectual disability – both a low test score and difficulty adapting to independent living–Mental retardation–Down syndrome–Mainstreamed
Classifications of Intellectual Disability
Level Approximate
Intelligence Scores
Adaptation to Demands of Life
Mild 50-70 May learn academic skills up to sixth-grade level. Adults may with assistance, achieve self-supporting social and vocational skills
Moderate 35-50 May progress to second-grade level academically. Adults may contribute to their own support by laboring in sheltered workshops
Severe 20-35 May learn to talk and to perform simple tasks under close supervision but are generally unable to profit from vocational training
Classifications of Intellectual Disability
Level Approximate
Intelligence Scores
Adaptation to Demands of Life
Mild 50-70 May learn academic skills up to sixth-grade level. Adults may with assistance, achieve self-supporting social and vocational skills
Moderate 35-50 May progress to second-grade level academically. Adults may contribute to their own support by laboring in sheltered workshops
Severe 20-35 May learn to talk and to perform simple tasks under close supervision but are generally unable to profit from vocational training
Classifications of Intellectual Disability
Level Approximate
Intelligence Scores
Adaptation to Demands of Life
Mild 50-70 May learn academic skills up to sixth-grade level. Adults may with assistance, achieve self-supporting social and vocational skills
Moderate 35-50 May progress to second-grade level academically. Adults may contribute to their own support by laboring in sheltered workshops
Severe 20-35 May learn to talk and to perform simple tasks under close supervision but are generally unable to profit from vocational training
Classifications of Intellectual Disability
Level Approximate
Intelligence Scores
Adaptation to Demands of Life
Mild 50-70 May learn academic skills up to sixth-grade level. Adults may with assistance, achieve self-supporting social and vocational skills
Moderate 35-50 May progress to second-grade level academically. Adults may contribute to their own support by laboring in sheltered workshops
Severe 20-35 May learn to talk and to perform simple tasks under close supervision but are generally unable to profit from vocational training
Classifications of Intellectual Disability
Level Approximate
Intelligence Scores
Adaptation to Demands of Life
Mild 50-70 May learn academic skills up to sixth-grade level. Adults may with assistance, achieve self-supporting social and vocational skills
Moderate 35-50 May progress to second-grade level academically. Adults may contribute to their own support by laboring in sheltered workshops
Severe 20-35 May learn to talk and to perform simple tasks under close supervision but are generally unable to profit from vocational training
Profound Below 25 Require constant aid and supervision
The High Extreme• Terman’s study of gifted
• Self-fulfilling prophecy
• Appropriate developmental placement– Tracking students
Twin and Adoption Studies• Genes and Environmental
influences• Identical twin studies
– Polygenetic Trait-
• Adoptive children studies
Heritability• Heritability – variation in
intelligence scores attributed to genetic factors (50%)– Example:
Heritability
Environmental Influences• Early environmental
influences– Intellectual developmental delays– Tutored human enrichment
– Mozart effect – now discounted finding that intelligence is boosted by listening to classical music
• Schooling and intelligence– Project Head Start
• Ian and Nolan are identical twins who were adopted into different families shortly after birth. Use what you know about the stability of intelligence over time and the relative contributions of genetic and environmental factors to predict how similar Ian and Nolan's IQ scores will be at age 5 and age at 25.
Gender Differences in Intelligence Test Scores
• Girls • Boys
Ethnic Differences in Intelligence Test Scores
• Similarities– Infant intelligence
• Differences– Ave. intelligence
scores
– Math abilities
– Asians
The Question of Bias• Two meanings of bias
– Popular sense – • Yes -
– Scientific sense – • No -
• Test-taker’s expectations– Stereotype threat - Perform worse if feel
apprehensive because of stereotypes• Example: