AP Psych Unit 11 People

Charles Spearman

1. believed we have one general intelligence. 2. helped develop factor analysis.

Carol Dweck

1. believing intelligence is biologically set and unchangeable leads to "fixed mindset." 2. Believing it is changeable leads to "growth mindset."

David Wechsler

1. created WAIS, most widely used intelligence test

LL Thurston

1. opponent of Spearman. 2. mathematically identified 7 clusters of primary mental abilities.

Alfred Binet

1. predicting school achievement. 2. goal to measure mental age.

Lewis Terman

1. revised binet's stuff to form Stanford-Binet. 2. his tests revealed the intelligence with which a person was born. 3. promoted widespread use of intelligence tests. 4. william stern created IQ from his tests.

Francis Galton

1. studied natural ability and concerned with Darwin. 2. wanted those of HA to mate with each other.

Robert Sternberg

1. three intelligences(triarchic theory). 2. Analytical, creative, practical.

Howard Gardner

1. views intelligence as multiple abilities that come in different packages. 2. multiple intelligences(8). 3. savant syndrome.