PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Divergent Thinking, Convergent Thinking, Intelligence Quotient

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Intelligence: the capacity to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with the environment, 1884 galton: believed iq was reflected by superior sensory acuity and physical attributes (eg. larger head size indicated more intelligent people, 1975 binet: believed the best way to measure intelligence was to measure mental capacities (eg. how good are you at remembering things?) This means that your score will only be compared to people who are the same age as you: the average performance for a given age group is set at 100, you see how far your own score deviates from the average score of your own age group, this makes use of the normal distribution, see normal distribution/ intelligence figure. Gardner"s 8 intelligences: logical mathematical, linguistic, musical, spatial, bodily kinesthetic, naturalist. Emotional intelligence: people who are able to use subtle cues to recognize emotions in other people (being able to read people really well: 4 components, perceiving emotions, understanding, managing, using.