PPT-Evolution and Intelligence

Psychology What is evolutionary psychology It focuses on how human beings came to be who we are today Tooby and Cosmides 1992 define evolutionary psychology as informed by the fact that the inherited structure of the human mind is the product of evolutionary processes . Validity. Validity – A property exhibited by a test that measures what it purports to measure.. Face Validity – Measures whether a test looks like it tests what it is supposed to test.. Content Validity – A property exhibited by a test in which each item is representative of the larger body of knowledge about the subject the test covers.. Lecture # 3. Intelligence. Intelligence.  has been defined in many different ways including as one's capacity for . Logic. Understanding. self-awareness. Learning.  emotional knowledge, . planning,. Movies… anyone?. What should I do?. Tell me SOMETHING. Being more formal. Artificial Intelligence is something which gives computers the ability to learn without. b. eing explicitly programmed. Current state of machine intelligence. A mechanism for change in populations.. Any change in the . inherited . traits within a population across generations. Individuals better adapted to their environment tend to survive and . produce more offspring. Last week we talked about. …. The universe had a beginning. God must be the creator of the universe. 3 views Christians can faithfully hold: Old-Earth Creationism, Young-Earth Creationism, Theistic Evolution. What is Artificial Intelligence?. Blanket term that seems to change over time.. Often describes the Idea that a machine can learn and think.. A machine that can emulate or surpass human cognitive abilities.. While evolutionary ideas in one form or another trace back to the ancient Greeks, it was not until 18. th. century that they became scientifically prominent and were connected to psychology. Georges de Buffon . What impact might it have on how we work and live? What opportunities does it present for independent schools? . Understanding Artificial Intelligence. (AI). SAS.com. AI makes it possible for machines to learn from experience, adjust to new inputs, and perform human-like tasks.. Discussion Topics. Understanding emotional intelligence (EI). Appreciating personality differences. Improving non-verbal communication skills. Increasing listening ability. 8-. 2. Defining Interpersonal Skills and . Mechanisms of concerted evolution. Unequal cross-over. Gene conversion: non-reciprocal transfer of information between homologous sequences; the main mechanism invoked to explain concerted evolution. David Geary. Introduction. There are two methods for studying general intelligence (g) in psychology:. Psychometric Tradition- The study of individual differences on paper-and-pencil ability tests, standardized achievement, and IQ tests. It is one of the longest and most successful research endeavors.. Basic Concept in Measurement of intelligence. Types of Thinking. Logical . Problem Solving. Creative. Deviation IQ. Intelligence Measurement. SBIT – 1916 – Termann And Meril. WISC – 1939 – Weshaler. Chapter 17: Processes of Evolution. Early Beliefs. 19. th. century: discovered species shared many traits, but lived in different parts of the world. Problematic – species only looked similar on the outside, but inside were very different . Evolution 9/11. Obj. TSW learn form mistakes made on the quiz, and take notes about evolution after the Environmental Science Current Events. P. 34NB. Make a food chain for the following organisms showing the energy arrows and the .