January 9: Assessing Intelligence

1) Neuron Note. You wrote your first NN for second semester.

2) Feedback from 1st Semester. I shared your comments about first semester. It went well for many of you. As for our class time together, you want more discussions and hands-on activities. Some of you love the videos, some of you don't. Some of you love the Neuron Notes, some of you don't. Some of you love the class notes, some of you don't. Most of you are going to keep up with the reading more and study more each day and cram less.

3) AP Psych News. I presented the article "The Price of Affluence" as the first Psych News. If you'd like to read the article, go to: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/01/teens.html You signed up for a day to present your own articles of interest.

4) Discovering Psychology Video on Testing. Another Philip Zimbardo video. We finished where we left off last class. It is a good video --summarizing the main concepts, clarifying validity and reliability, and seeing major researchers such as Howard Gardner and Robert Sternberg.

5) Mensa Tests. You completed two tests of intelligence. 1) Analogies 2) Remote Associations. The goal was not to determine your IQ but to analyze these tests asking, "What are these tests measuring? Is that intelligence?"

Assignments:

1) Let's celebrate first semester success! Meet at the movie theater to see Benjamin Buttons on Sunday at 4:15.

2) Read Ch. 11 pp.432-441.

3) Chapter 11 test is on Thursday.