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Question 1

what are hot intelligences

Answer 1

Alternative concepts to IQ are referred to as theories of hot intelligence

-social intelligence
-multiple intelligence
-triarchic theory of intelligence
-emotional intelligence

Question 2

why might IQ not always be the best measure of intelligence

Answer 2

Although IQ predicts school and job performance, there is more to intelligence than a high IQ

You can be smart in ways that are not measured by traditional intelligence tests

Question 3

why is considering hot intelligences important

Answer 3

IQ does not provide full account of individual differences in life success

Interpersonal skills are independent of iQ: ppl with high IQ are not all the time able to deal with others

Interpersonal skills are more important in real life than academic abilities

Interpersonal skills should be conceptualised as a form of intelligence

Question 4

what is social intelligence

Answer 4

ability to read people like a book
manage others
act wisely in social relationships

knowledge of social matters
act wisely in interpersonal relations

Question 5

what are problems with social intelligence

Answer 5

is it objectively testable - is there a correct answer

is it different from personality

is it different from cognitive ability

HOWEVER there is a close link to IQ

Question 6

why has research on social intelligence discontinued

Answer 6

studies in 1930s show that general intelligence tests are excellent predictors of social intelligence

suggested that social intelligence is a social manifestation of g - so an effect of g

Question 7

what is multiple intelligences (gardener)

Answer 7

initially 7 intelligences, later 8, another 10 in the working

intelligence as bio psychological potential, influenced by experience, culture, and motivational factors

ability to solve problems and to fashion products that are culturally valued

Question 8

1. what is logical/mathematical

Answer 8

logical thinking
detecting patterns
scientific reasoning and deduction
analyse problems
understand rship between cause and effect

Question 9

2. with is linguistic/verbal

Answer 9

words and language
written and spoken
retention
interpretation and expectation of ideas and info via language

Question 10

3. what is musical

Answer 10

musical ability
awareness
appreciation and use of sound
understand relationship between sound and feeling

Question 11

4. what is spatial

Answer 11

visual and spatial perception
interpretation and creation of visual images
understand relationship between images and meanings

Question 12

5. what is bodily kinaesthetic

Answer 12

body movement control
physical agility and balance
eye and body coordination

Question 13

6. what is naturalistic

Answer 13

recognise and distinguish between plants and animals
categorising them
sensitivity to nature and one’s place within it

Question 14

7. what is intrapersonal

Answer 14

self-awareness
personal objectivity
the capability to understand oneself
understand one’s relationship with others and the world

Question 15

8. what is interpersonal intelligence

Answer 15

perception of other people’s feelings
ability to relate to others
interpretation of behaviour and communications
understand the relationship between other people and their situations

Question 16

what is triarchic theory of intelligence

Answer 16

Intelligence is a mental activity directed toward purposive adaptation to, deletion and shaping of, real world environments relevant to one’s life.

Question 17

what is analytical intelligence

Answer 17

able to take apart problems and being able to see solutions not often seen

academic problem solving

Question 18

what is creative intelligence

Answer 18

able to deal with novel problems

imaginative problem solving

Question 19

what is practical intelligence

Answer 19

able to deal with mental activity involved in attaining fit to context

street smart and common sense

e.g. Celia does not have the highest scores but she knows what she needs to do to success in academia

Question 20

how is triarchich theory similar or different to g?

Answer 20

analytical intelligence is related to g

creative and practical intelligence are not - and they are not commonly assessed in IQ tests

Question 21

What is emotional intelligence

Answer 21

ability emotional intelligence model

mixed emotional intelligence model

trait emotional intelligence model

Question 22

define ability emotional intelligence model

Answer 22

perceiving emotions - ability to detect emotions in faces, pics, voices
- ability to identify own’s emotions

using emotions - ability to harness emotions to facilitate various cognitive activities
- changing mood to best fit environment

understand emotions - comprehend emotion language
- recognise how emotions evolve over time

managing emotions - ability to regulate emotions in self and others
- harness negative emotions and manage them to achieve goals

Question 23

define mixed emotional intelligence model

Answer 23

self-awareness - ability to read one’s emotions and recognise their impact while using gut feelings to guide actions

self-management - controlling one’s emotions and impulses and adapting to changing circumstances

social awareness - sense, understand and react to others’ emotions while comprehending social networks

relationship management - inspire, influence, and develop others while managing conflict

Question 24

define trait emotional intelligence model

Answer 24

An individual’s self-perception of their emotional abilities

Question 25

what are conclusions to hot intelligences

Answer 25

theories of hot intelligences are based on the claim that there is more to human performance than psychometric g

some are hard to test objectively, therefore their validity and reliability are questionable

no good measure to measure ability EI

Question 26

what is the network approach to personality

Answer 26

from a traditional latent trait model perspective, extraversion is a common cause of stable dispositions that, together with transient facts, explain momentary states

the network alternative views direct interactions between personality components, influences by transient factors, as the source of synchronised stability of components