SOCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, The Social Construction Of Reality
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Rates of crime and murder have declined since 1990. Only 26% of canadians have a university or college diploma. Women working full time for the whole year make 0. 70$ for every . 00 a man makes. Iq tests only measure certain types of intelligence but are used by schools, employers and legal systems to make decisions about people"s futures. Myth: a popular, but false notion that may be used to perpetuate beliefs or theories been in the light of evidence to the contrary. Uid intelligence (ability to learn how to learn) Doesn"t use variable concepts ex: some people might have memory intelligence, but it is not tested in iq tests. 1500s: gained a meaning -- described particular subject knowledge that was learned. 1600 and 1700s: intelligence de ned as an abstract mental ability that you were born with it. Other types of intelligence were devalued (emotional intelligence)
