PSYC 1104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Stephen Wiltshire, Stephen J. Ceci, Robert Sternberg
25 Dec 2016
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The ability to apply learned material to life and meet the demands of the environment. Metacognition: the ability to understand and control one"s cognitive activity. Spearman"s two-factor theory: factor analysis: statistical method to determine whether two or more items correlate, thus forming a cluster. S factor: specific factor tied to a specific area of functioning. G factor: general factor relating to all clusters. Modern multifactor theories of intelligence: howard gardner"s. Theory of multiple intelligences: there is no single, unified intelligence, instead there is independent intelligences from different brain areas. Modular model of mental functioning - each form of intelligence involves different brain regions. Linguistic: sensitive to sounds/words (author, journalist, teacher) Logical math: logically math solving (scientist, engineer) Music: sensitivity to sounds/rhythms (musician, composer, singer) Bodily-kinesthetic: control body movements (athlete, dancer, surgeon) Naturalistic: understand patterns, natural processes (biologist, naturalist, ecologist, farmer: robert sternberg. Triarchic theory of intelligence - made up of three interacting components.
