Chapter 9; Intelligence Flashcards
Sir Francis Galton’s theory of intelligence
intelligence is a by product of sensory capacity
intelligence test
diagnostic tool designed to measure overall thinking ability
Charles Spearman’s theory of intelligence
intelligence has 2 components:
1. general intelligence: hypothetical factor that accounts for overall differences in intellect among people
2. specific abilities: particular ability level in a narrow domain
components of general intelligence (g)
working memory, fluid reasoning, knowledge, quantitative reasoning, visual-spatial reasoning
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working memory
the ability to hold a lot of information at one time
fluid reasoning
our ability to learn about new things, ex. solve a new problem
knowledge/ crystallized intelligence
the knowledge we have about the world gained through our lives
quantitative reasoning
understanding about numbers
visual-spatial reasoning
being able to understand how things move in space
Binet/Simon’s theory of intelligence
higher mental processes including reasoning, understanding, and judgement make up most intelligence tests
multiple intelligences
abstract thinking
Binet/simon; the capacity to understand hypothetical concepts
multiple intelligences
Binet/Simon; idea that people vary in their ability levels across different domains of intellectual skill
Robert Steinburg’s triarchic model of intelligence
intelligence has 3 components:
analytical intelligence: book smarts, academic problem solving, aligned with g
practical intelligence: the ability to solve real-world problems (common sense/street smarts); social intelligence/tacit intelligence
creative intelligence: imaginative and innovative problem solving
PAC
Howard Gardener’s model of intelligence
propsed 8/9 different types of intelligences; people have different strength and weaknesses
1. linguistic: ability to speak and write well
2. logico-mathematical: use logic and mathematics to solve problems
3. spatial: ability to thinl/reason about objects in 3D space
4. musical: ability to perform, understand, and enjoy music
5, bodily-kinesthetic: ability to manipulate the body in physical endeavors
6. interpersonal: understand and interact effectively with others
7. intrapersonal: understand and posses insight into the self
8. naturalistic: ability to recognize, identify, and understand animals/plants
9. exsistential: the ability to grasp deep philosophical ideas
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what is intelligence related to
efficiency or speed of information processing
dohble curse of incompetence
people with poor cognitive skills are more likely to overestimate their intellectual abilities
metacognition
knowledge of our own knowledge
stereotype threat
when we fear that we may confirm a negative stereotype about the group we belong to
stanford-binet IQ test
intellignece test based on measures developed by Binet, adapted by Lewis Termon of Stanford university. Involves testing
1.vocabulary and memory for pictures
2. naming familiar objects
3. repeating sentences and following commands
aptitude tests
predict how good you will be at something in the future
achievement tests
measures things you’ve already learned in the past
norms
baselines scores in the general population from which we can compare individual scores (Turman)
intelligence quotient definition and formula
systematic means of quantifying differences among people and their intelligence; formula: divide mental age by chronological age and multiply by 100
what is the concept of a mental age and why is it problematic
the age corresponding to the average persons performance on an intelligence test, problematic because when we hit 16 our performance on IQ tests doesn’t really improve so everyone would just be getting dumber