Lecture 7 Intelligence

Question 1

Analytical

Sternberg’s 3 Types of Intelligence

Answer 1

Ability to solve problems compare/contrast, judge, evaluate and criticize

Question 2

Practical

Sternberg’s 3 Types of Intelligence

Answer 2

Adapt to demands of one’s environment, apply knowledge in practical situations

Question 3

Creative

Sternberg’s 3 Types of Intelligence

Answer 3

Ability to invent, discover, suppose and theorize

Question 4

Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Answer 4

1. Musical
2. Bodily Kinesthetic
3. Logical-Mathematical
4. Linguistic
5. Spatial
6. Interpersonal
7. Intrapersonal - self aware
8. Naturalistic

Question 5

Arrangement Problems

Kinds of Problems

Answer 5

rearrange or recombine elements of the problem to satisfy a specific criteria

Question 6

Inducing Structure

Kinds of Problems

Answer 6

identify the existing relationship among elements presented in a problem and then construct a new relationship among them

What number comes next?

Question 7

Transformation

Kinds of Problems

Answer 7

consists of an initial state, a goal state, and a method for changing the initial state into the goal state

Question 8

Trial and Error

Solving problems

Answer 8

Continuous attempts until problem is solved

Question 9

Means End Analysis

Solving problems

Answer 9

repeated tests for differences between the desired outcome and what currently exists

Question 10

Working Backwards

Solving problems

Answer 10

Focus on goal rather than the starting point

Question 11

Functional fixedness

Solving problems) (Evaluating Situations

Answer 11

tendency to think of an object in terms of its typical use

Question 12

Mental Set

Solving problems) (Evaluating Situations

Answer 12

a framework for thinking about a problem based on our prior experience with similar problems.

Question 13

Confirmation Bias

Solving problems) (Evaluating Situations

Answer 13

tendency to seek out and deem more relevant information that supports one’s initial hypothesis and then ignore contradictory information that might support alternative hypotheses

Question 14

Divergent Thinking

Solving problems) (Evaluating Situations

Answer 14

Thinking that generates unusual, but appropriate responses to problems of inquiry

Question 15

Convergent Thinking

Solving problems) (Evaluating Situations

Answer 15

Thinking that views a problem as having a single answer and responding based on knowledge and logic

Question 16

Learning -Theory Approach

Language Theories)

Answer 16

language acquisition follows the principles of reinforcement and conditioning

Question 17

Nativist Approach (CHOMSKY)

Language Theories

Answer 17

humans are biologically pre-wired to learn language at certain times and in particular ways.

Question 18

Interactionist Approach

Language Theories

Answer 18

language development is a combination of genetically determined predispositions and environmental circumstances

Question 19

Linguistic-relativity hypothesis

Language Theories

Answer 19

language shapes and may determine the way people perceive and understand the world