Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Long-Term Memory, Learning Disability

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Intelligence is a set of abilities which allows us to: acquire knowledge, think rationally, act purposefully, deal effectively with the environment. Intelligence can be thought of as a capacity rather than a thing: no single, agreed upon definition of intelligence. Intelligence is composed of seven different domains: verbal, musical, mathematical-logical, spatial, body movement, understanding oneself, and understanding others. Narrow (stratum i) specific cognitive, perceptual & speed tasks. Intrapersonal between oneself: self-awareness, managing emotions, motivating oneself. Interpersonal between individuals re(cid:272)og(cid:374)izi(cid:374)g others" e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s: handling relationships. Daniel goleman argues that success in life depends more on emotional intelligence than traditional intelligence: applications long-term relationships, career success. Creativity ability to produce work that is both original and appropriate: ability to see things in new ways involves curiosity. Incubation theory- creativity depends on unconscious thought process: creative personality? autonomous, introverted, open to new experiences, creativity & mental illness unusual though processes high motivation (mania) & high self-confidence, associated with unusual thought processes.