AP Psychology Unit 10 (Chapters 10 & 11)

Thinking, Language and Intelligence Quiz-

CONCEPT, ALGORITHM, HEURISTIC,
MENTAL SET, REPRESENTATIVE HEURISTIC,
AVAILABILITY HEURISTIC,
PHONEME, MORPHEME, GRAMMAR,
SEMANTICS, SYNTAX.
FACTOR ANALYSIS, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE,
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, MENTAL AGE, WAIS,
STANDARDIZATION, NORMAL CURVE, RELIABILITY,
VALIDITY
INTELLIGENCE ???

LIST THREE BEHAVIORS TO BE DISTINCTIVELY

CHARACTERISTICS OF INTELLIGENT OR
UNINTELLIGENT PEOPLE: 1. 2. 3.
SO THEN WHAT IF …
YOU ARE THAT KID WITH MUSICAL TALENTS OR
SAY YOU ARE AN ACCLAIMED DANCER BUT
WHEN TESTED AT YOUR SCHOOL, YOUR
INTELLIGENCE SCORES WERE ONLY AVERAGE 
CAN WE MAKE AN ARGUMENT ABOUT THE
RELIABILITY OR VALIDITY OF INTELLIGENCE TESTS?

WHAT IS THE NATURE OF INTELLIGENCE?

WHAT MAKES THE “GIFTED CHILD” EDUCATIONAL

PROGRAMS SO DESIRABLE TO PARENTS? PRO’S
AND CON’S? WAS THIS YOU OR WERE YOU A HATER?

REMEMBER OUR MOTTO: TDA!

12 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT INTELLIGENCE:

1. IQ IS ASSOCIATED WITH BASIC ABILITIES

2. ATTENDANCE CORRELATES WITH IQ
3. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BIRTH ORDER
4. IS RELATED TO BREAST FEEDING
5. VARIES BY BIRTHDAY
6. IT EVENS OUT WITH AGE
7. INTELLIGENCE IS PLURAL
8. HEAD SIZE IS CORRELATED WITH IQ
9. PREDICT REAL WORLD OUTCOMES
10. DEPENDS ON CONTEXT
11. IQ IS GOING UP
12. MAY BE INFLUENCED BY SCHOOL LUNCH MENU
AP Psychology Chapter 11 p. 431
Intelligence- “Do each of us have
an inborn mental capacity and
can we quantify this capacity as
a meaningful number?”
What is Intelligence and is it a
single ability?
Definition- the ability to learn from experience, solve
problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new
situations.
General Intelligence- Spearman, factor analysis and g.
Thurstone, seven clusters of primary mental abilities.
Multiple Intelligence Theories- Howard Gardner,
savants, Eight Intelligences
Aspects of Successful Intelligence- Robert Sternberg,
Triarchic theory (analytical, creative, practical)
Comparing Theories of Intelligence Table 11.2 p. 436
Emotional Intelligence- ability to perceive,
understand, manage and use emotion.
Creativity- ideas that are valuable and novel,
expertise, imaginative thinking skills,
venturesome personality, intrinsic motivation, a
creative environment.

Can intelligence be neurologically measured?

Brain size and “fast brains”
 Assessing Intelligence
Origins of the Intelligence Test
Alfred Binet and predicting school achievement, a
child’s mental age.
Lewis Terman and the innate IQ, Stanford Binet test,
William Sterns Intelligence Quotient, mental age
divided by chronological age multiplied by 100.
Modern tests- aptitude versus achievement, Weschler
Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS).
Principles of test construction- standardization,
reliability and validity.
 The Dynamics of Intelligence
Stability versus change in test scores over ones life.

Low extreme of IQ testing- mental retardation and

downs syndrome. Degrees of Mental Retardation 11.3.
The “over 135 whiz kids” and “gifted child programs.”
 Genetic and Environmental
Influences on Intelligence
Genetic Influence- twin studies, family members.
Environmental Influence- the destitute orphanage and
human enrichment, prolonged schooling.
Group differences in Test Scores- Racial differences, high
scores equal high income, gender differences in spelling,
verbal, nonverbal, sensation, underachievement, math
and spatial aptitudes, emotion detecting abilities.
Bias in testing Intelligence- biased in sense they are
sensitive to performance differences due to cultural
experience but they do predict accurately for most
groups, however there is a stereotype threat.