PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Edwin Boring, Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning
15 Dec 2016
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> intelligence: the cognitive ability of an individual to learn from experience, reason well, remember important information, and cope with the demands of daily living. > edwin boring: intelligence is whatever intelligence tests measure. Intelligence involves the ability to perform cognitive tasks and 2. The capacity to learn from experience and adapt. > deductive and inductive reasoning are used to solve problems. > deductive reasoning occurs when a person works from ideas and general information to arrive at speci c conclusions. > inductive reasoning moves from speci c facts and observations to broader generalizations and theories. > deductive = decreasing = big idea to small idea. > inductive = increasing = small idea to big ideas. > the arch of knowledge - deductive and inductive reasoning guide the scienti c method. > functional xedness: our dif culty seeing alternative uses for common objects. > the quality of a test depends on its reliability and validity.
