AP Psychology 1.5 Testing and Individual Differences

t s a t or school elastic aptitude test Well

it's a standardized test widely used for college admissions in

america and something shmoop is proudly famous for helping you

prepare for over an aptitude test Doesn't measure intelligence It

assesses and predicts one's ability to learn or do something

Spirit had nothing to do with the development of the

that honor goes to princeton's carl campbell brigham though this

one doesn't fit Spearmint didn't have a whole lot to

say about language acquisition either A notion that there are

optimal ages at which to learn language is described by

the critical period hypothesis which states that the first years

of life up to say age five represent the time

when language develops readily and far more easily than later

on in life This was initially proposed by neurologist penfield

and roberts and popularized later by linenberg But did spearmon

think that intelligence consisted of a plurality of abilities No

unlike fellow psychologist turn burden gardener have beauty Intelligence is

coming in multiple forms Spearmint came up with this own

singular measure for intelligence Which is why this has got

to go gardner specifically Was an advocate for the idea

that intelligence and its multiple forms were each to find

most by culture This nuanced understanding of intelligence is one

that came about long after the death of spearmint and

therefore couldn't possibly fit either Spearmon was best known for

his development of the general intelligence or g factor He

argued that intelligence was a single ability that could be

measured and it by testing a series of related cognitive

tasks Aggie factor could be a sign that spearmon believed

accurately reflected one's in diligence Nowadays most people refer to

this kind of testing is the more popular intelligence quotient

or like test which is too bad because g factor 00:02:09.645 --> [endTime] sounds oh so much cooler and futuristic