PSYC-1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9.2: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Psychological Science
25 Apr 2022
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Know the key terminology related to understanding intelligence. Understand why intelligence is described as a hierarchy. Apply knowledge to identify examples that reflect fluid vs. crystallized intelligence. Analyze whether teachers should spend time tailoring lessons to each individual student"s learning style. Savant: an individual with low mental capacity in most domains, but extraordinary abilities in other specific areas. Intelligence: the ability to think, understand, reason, and adapt to or overcome obstacles. Socially constructed (i. e. different cultures will have different concepts of intelligence) Intelligence basic cognitive trait comprising the ability to learn, reason, an solve problems, regardless of their nature. Developed techniques to calculate correlations among multiple measures of mental abilities (1923) Came up with the idea of a general intelligence factor. General intelligence factor (g): overall measure of one"s intelligence. Doesn"t give a clear understanding of how intelligence works. Differences in skills might explain variability in intelligence tests not explained by g.
