PSY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking
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Intelligence is a concept and not a thing . Intelligence has been defined as whatever intelligence tests measure, which has tended to be school smarts. People assign the term intelligence to the qualities that enable success in their own time and in their own culture. Intelligence mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations. Intelligence test a method for assessing an individual"s mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores. General intelligence (g) a general intelligence factor, that according to spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test. Factor analysis a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (factors) on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person"s total score.
