INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE TESTING I Nature of Intelligence a History i Specific skills ii General factor b Gardner i Came up with theory of multiple intelligence c Sternberg i Triarchic theory of intelligence 1 Information processing standard schooling 2 Experiential ability to learn quickly benefit rapidly from new experience 3 Contextual to adapt quickly to and recognize different contexts and problem solving II Testing Intelligence a Issues of testing i Reliability ii Validity b Stability changes over childhood 1 By age 6 many children will change IQ by a bunch 2 Stabilizes around age 10 3 IQ tests actually achievement tests 4 Over assumption all children exposed to same cognitive environment c Commonly used tests i Group tests 1 California test of mental maturity may be given more to adults 2 Best used when used as screening devices 3 Cheap and efficient but also not very good ii Individuals tests 1 Wechsler series WPPSI WISC WAIS a Divided into verbal and performance subtests 2 Stanford Binet a A lot of factor analysis 3 Bayley Scales a Not called IQ scores anymore called developmental scores b Most infant tests are tested for motor development and then tested later for verbal intelligence c Children with severe motor delays may have biological conditions which are also correlated with low life 4 Peabody Picture Vocabulary 5 K ABC