PSYC 3090 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: David Wechsler, Visual Acuity, Object Permanence
3 Mar 2016
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Intelligence: multifaceted capacity that includes the abilities to: acquire and apply knowledge, reason logically, plan effectively, and infer perceptively, grasp and visualize concepts, find the right words and thoughts with facility, cope with and adjust to novel situations. Intelligence is not limited to this description and this list should be considered a point for reflection on one"s own personal definition. Different conceptions of intelligence as a result of development were noted. E. g. coordination as a characteristic of intelligence in infancy, and verbal facility as characterizing intelligence in childhood: yussen and kane(1980) found that notions of intelligence emerge as early as first grade. Younger children tended to emphasize interpersonal skills while older children emphasized academic skills. Intelligence as defined by the experts: sir francis galton was the first person to publish on the heritability on, galton (1883) believed that the most intelligent persons were equipped with the intelligence best sensory abilities intelligence.
