PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Intellectual Disability, Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
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Psychometricians: psychologists who specialize in measuring psychological characteristics such as intelligence and personality. John carroll proposed the hierarchical theory of intelligence with three levels (figure 8-1) At the top of the hierarchy is g, general intelligence. In the middle level are eight broad categories of intellectual skill, including fluid intelligence: fluid intelligence: refers to the ability to perceive relations among stimuli. Gardner identified seven distinct intelligences when he first proposed the theory in 1983, and has added two subsequent intelligences (1999, 2002) Linguistic: knowing the meanings of words, having the ability to use words to understand new ideas, using language to convey ideas to others. Logical-mathematical: understanding relations that exist among objects, actions, and ideas, as well as the logical or mathematical operations that can be performed on them. Spatial: perceiving objects accurately and imagining in the mind"s eye the appearance of an object before and after it has been transformed.
