PSYC 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, David Wechsler, Autism Spectrum
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Intelligence is often defined by intelligence tests which only measure school smarts . Intelligence is the mental potential to learn from experience, solve problems and use knowledge to adapt to new situations. Encompassed all intelligence in varied academic areas. Those fluent in one cluster of intelligence were more likely to be intelligent in another as well, evidence of g factor (the overlapping of the different intelligences) Multiple abilities can contribute to life success and differing verities of giftedness add challenges to life. Success is a combination of talent and grit (persistence) Eight relatively independent intelligences and possibly a ninth one: naturalist, linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, interpersonal and possible existential intelligence. Savant syndrome: those with exceptional abilities in one intelligence but lacking in others, many have autism spectrum disorder. Analytical intelligence: assessed by intelligence tests, well defined problems with single right answers (traditional idea of intelligence)
