PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Edwin Boring, Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning
7 Jan 2018
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Intelligence: the cognitive ability of an individual to learn from experience, reason well, remember important information, and cope with the demands of daily living. Edwin boring defined intelligence as being whatever intelligence tests measured. Psychologists assume intelligence involves the ability to perform cognitive tasks and the capacity to learn from experience and adapt. Sternberg combined the two viewpoints and formed the definition. Coming to a concrete conclusion based on a general idea. Jill uses deductive reasoning to determine that the ground will soon be wet. Generating a general idea given some concrete information. Jill wakes up in the morning and notices a box of chocolates by her bed. Jill uses inductive reasoning to determine that jeff must have put it there. Generating a testable hypothesis with deductive reasoning and interpreting collected data with inductive reasoning. Pin the box to the board with the candles inside. Functional fixedness: difficulty seeing alternative uses for common objects.
