PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Factor Analysis, Psy, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
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Intelligence is a mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solving problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations. For example, adapting to new situations could refer to the transition form living at home to living on your own, or to the transition that. Brazilian tribespeople must make because of destruction of the rain forest. Is intelligence one general ability or several specific abilities. Charles spearman believed we have one general intelligence and he had a good reason for believing this. Daniel tammet first 22514 digits of pi in 5 hrs 9 mins: for gardner, a test score reflecting general intelligence is essentially meaningless, because a person can have weaknesses in some areas, but strengths in others. Sternberg"s theory: distinguishes among three intelligences: analytical intelligence intelligence tests, creative intelligence adapting and generating novel ideas, practical intelligence attaining a fit between oneself and their environment, or.
