PSYB57H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Simon Effect, The Bell Curve, Lexicon
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Chapter 12 individual, aging and gender differences in cognition. Individual differences stable patterns of performance that differ qualitatively and/or quantitatively across individuals. They did three experiments with both high and average mental ability of third, seventh and eleventh graders. He offered this definition of intelligence the ability to solve problems, or to fashion products, that are valued in one or more cultural or community settings. : gardner proposed the existence of seven distinct human intelligences. The multiple intelligences are 1) linguistic (lawyer, teacher); 2) logical-mathematical (engineer, accountant); 3) musical (musician); 4) bodily-kinaesthetic (athlete, actor); 5) spatial (architect, navigator); 6) interpersonal (counsellor, politician); 7) intrapersonal (novelist, researcher); 8) naturalist (farmer, botanist); 9) existential (philosopher, theorist). In general, experts will perceive more distinctions, especially subtle ones, than novices do: de groot and chase & simon did work on chess experts and novices to see differences in cognitive processing.
