PSY BEH 11B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
12 Jul 2018
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General intelligence: refers to the existence of a broad mental capacity that. As a factor that contributes to performance on an intellectual task influences performance on cognitive ability measures. Fluid intelligence: being able to understand abstract relationships and think logically w/o prior knowledge. How a person processes and analyzes information. The way a person approaches new information or a new task. How you react to your environment and your ability to adapt to it or change it to suit your needs. Genetics sets the upper boundary on intelligence. The environment influences how close a person can come to achieving that potential. The field doesn"t yet have a way of determining, for any indiv or group, what upper boundary is.
