Intelligence

Question 1

What is Thurstone‘s Primary Mental abilities?

Answer 1

• Identified 7 independent cognitive abilities including Word fluency, verbal comprehension and memory

Question 2

What are Gardner‘s multiple Intelligences?

Answer 2

• proposed 8 intelligences (linguistic, logical-mathmetical, musical, spartical, kinesthetic)
• added a 9.: existential intelligence

Question 3

What is Sternberg‘s Triarchic Theory?

Answer 3

1. analytical intelligence
   - problem-solving abilities tested in Academic settings
2. Creative intelligence
   - innovative thinking and adaptability
3. practical intelligence
   - Street smarts and everyday task management

Question 4

Define Emotional Intelligence

Answer 4

• the ability to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions
• associated with Social success and better relationships

Question 5

Define the correlation of aging and intelligence

Answer 5

1. crystallized intelligence
   - accumulated knowledge, increases with age
2. Fluid Intelligence
   - ability to reason quickly and solve novel Problems
   - declines starting in early adulthood