FMLY 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 72: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Relativism

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Family Social Sciences
• Course: FMLY 1010
• Professor: Christine A.Schippers

Document Summary

Post-formal thought: types of thinking that are associated with hypothesized fifth stage of cognitive development, early 20s: relativism: idea that some propositions cannot be adequately described as either true or false. Evaluate propositions in terms of underlying assumptions and contexts in which they occur, higher education helps. Dialectical thought: form of thought involving recognition and acceptance of paradox and uncertainty: not a (cid:862)higher(cid:863) thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g, a differe(cid:374)t ki(cid:374)d. Reflective judgment: ability to identify underlying assumptions of differing perspectives on controversial issues: loosely tied to age, more to education. Verbal abilities increase into adulthood, spatial skills decline slightly. Remain stable across middle childhood, adolescence and early adulthood until about age 60. Crystallized intelligence: knowledge and judgment acquired through education and experience. Set of skills and bits of knowledge learned, technical skills. Fluid intelligence: aspect of intelligence that reflects fundamental biological processes and does(cid:374)"t depe(cid:374)d o(cid:374) spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) experie(cid:374)(cid:272)es. Functioning of cns, less on experience, abstract reasoning.