PSYC 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, The Bell Curve
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Spearman"s g the early 1800s in part, by g. The mental process that underline the ability to adapt to the ever-changing. Another way to think of intelligence is a way to explain how people differ in. Spearman applied statistical technique to intelligence testing in. He found that performance on a wide variety of mental tests could be explained, Fluid intelligence- the natural ability to solve problems; relatively uninfluenced by experience. Crystalized intelligence- knowledge and abilities acquired through experience. Analyze internal mental processes to try to determine intelligence, instead of just looking at test performance. Intelligence reflects, in part, the speed of transmission among neural pathways. Through case studies, gardner came up with a theory of 7 intelligences: (look up. Verbal/linguistic, musical, logical-mathematical, visual/spatial, movement, in book: table 2 interpersonal, and intrapersonal. He has added: naturalistic intelligence, existential intelligence (tentative?, see table 7. 2 on p. 275. Sternberg came up with three intelligences: analytic, creative, practical.
