Describe and explain what is meant by mental abilities and intelligence.
Describe what is meant by ‘construct’ and explain the distinction between latent and manifest variables.
Describe what is meant by implicit theories of intelligence and explain the difference between entity and incremental theories.
Describe key findings related to entity and incremental theories and cultural differences.
Describe Binet’s approach and contributions to the development of intelligence testing.
Describe and explain what is meant by ‘mental age’.
Compare and contrast the key features of Binet’s approach with the UK/US approach to intelligence testing.
Describe the mixed legacy of early intelligence testing and its impact on contemporary Psychology and society.
Describe and explain what is meant by reliability and validity in intelligence testing.
Describe and explain the distinction between ratio and deviation IQ.
Describe how IQ predicts academic achievement and career outcomes and evaluate possible causes of this relationship.
Describe how IQ predicts health and mortality and explain possible causes of this relationship.
Describe Spearman’s theory and explain how the positive manifold provides evidence for “g”.
Describe and explain what is meant by hierarchical theories of intelligence.
Describe the distinction between Crystallised and Fluid intelligence and explain how they differ from one another.
Describe and evaluate Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences.
Describe and explain the concept of heritability in the context of intelligence.
Describe how twin and adoption studies are used to estimate heritability of intelligence.
Critically assess the limitations of twin and adoption studies for assessing heritability.
Explain the significance of the Flynn effect and discuss its implications for understanding environmental influences on intelligence over time.
Describe the key distinction between cold and hot intelligence.
Describe and explain what is meant by emotional intelligence (EI) and how the two major EI models are assessed.
Describe the key components of ability EI and explain how they interact as a causal system.
