PSYC 256 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Deductive Reasoning, Metacognition
13 Jun 2018
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INTELLIGENCE
• Relationship between defining and testing intelligence
Defining Intelligence
• Ability to:
o Understand complex ideas
o Adapt effectively to the environment
o Learn from experience
o Engage in various forms of reasoning
o Overcome obstacles by taking thought
Charles Spearman
• All intellectual functioning due to an overall mental ability
• Accompanied by specific abilities for differing mental tasks
Spearman’s g Factor
• g Factor
o General intelligence factor underlying performance in all domains
o Intercorrelations among different tests, subscales, of same test, etc.
▪ g - general factor
▪ s - specific factor
▪ e - error variance
Cattell’s Revision of g
▪ Cattell St. named after his grandpa! Cattell went to Laf
• Crystallized Intelligence
o Cognitive skills and specific knowledge of information acquired over a
lifetime
o Stuff you know
• Fluid Intelligence
o The capacity for deductive reasoning and the ability to use new information
to solve problems
o How you work with stuff you know
• Fluid & crystallized intellectual development across the life span
o * see slide*
Information Processing View
• Intelligence is a matter of efficient use of cognitive resources
o Attention
o Memory
o Organization
o Metacognition
• The speed at which we process thought can explain why one individual is more
intelligent than another
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Document Summary
Intelligence: relationship between defining and testing intelligence. Defining intelligence: ability to, understand complex ideas, adapt effectively to the environment, learn from experience, engage in various forms of reasoning, overcome obstacles by taking thought. Charles spearman: all intellectual functioning due to an overall mental ability, accompanied by specific abilities for differing mental tasks. Spearman"s g factor: g factor, general intelligence factor underlying performance in all domains. Intercorrelations among different tests, subscales, of same test, etc: g - general factor s - specific factor, e - error variance. Cattell"s revision of g: crystallized intelligence, cattell st. named after his grandpa! Intelligence is a matter of efficient use of cognitive resources: attention, memory, organization, metacognition, the speed at which we process thought can explain why one individual is more intelligent than another. Gardner"s multiple intelligences: visual / spatial, musical, verbal, logical / mathematical.
