PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Memory Span
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Thurstone: seven primary mental abilities, verbalcomprehension o numericalability, spatialrelations, perceptualspeed, wordfluency o memory, reasoning, primary abilities can be subsumed under g, spatial,numerical,social/verbal,logic/analysis,causal. Guilford: structure of intellect, multipleabilities150, noneedfor g", operations,content,products(differentdimensionsassociatedthatresultedin150abilities) Gardner"s multiple intelligence types: frames of mind/ different ways of thinking about the world, previous tests were all about the academic abilities of students (french government developed tests for intervention of students, 8 multiple intelligences, linguistic,logical/mathematical,spatial,kinesthetic,naturalistic,interpersonal,intrapersonal, Stenberg"s triarchic theory of intelligence (iq guy- figure 10-2: intelligence= three interacting components, internal-analytical:mostrelatedtotraditionaliqtests, external-creative, experiential-practical:helpsustoadapttoourenvironment. Emotional intelligence: two components of emotional intelligence, abilitytomanageone"sownemotions, empathy,ortheabilitytoperceive,understandandrelatetotheemotionsofothers, necessary for success in life- in the workplace, in intimate personal relations, and in social interactions. Psychometric approach (birth of iq was to identify and compare a group of cohorts/ children- to classify them: measure and assess intelligence (figure 10-11, mental age, intellectualageatwhichapersonisfunctioning, intelligence quotient (iq, ratioofmentalagetochronologicalagemultipliedby100, tryingtodeterminementalcapability(mentalage-becauseoftheirdevelopment) Requirements for good tests reliable: consistencyinmeasurement valid, accuracyofthemeasurement standardized, normaldistribution, individualscoresarecomparedwiththesamplescores(comparisontopopulationofyourage) o.
