BESC1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Francis Galton, Mental Age, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
25 May 2018
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Intelligence
Intelligence is the mental potential to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge
to adapt to new situations
Multiple Intelligences
• Other pshologists, partiularl sie the ’s, hae sought to eted the defiitio of
intelligence beyond the idea of academic smarts
Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
• Identified eight relatively independent intelligences, including the verbal and mathematical
aptitudes assessed by standard tests
• He later suggested existential intelligence – the ability to ponder deep question about life
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) by Stern
• Defined originally as the ration of
mental age to chronological age
multiplied by 100 (thus mental
age/chronological age x 100). On
contemporary intelligence tests, the
average performance for a given
age is assigned a score of 100
Sir Francis Galton – Intelligence
• Was the first to study intelligence
• He believed intelligence was a
general ability and can depend on
the environment
• Intelligence can be measured by
simple tests
• General Intelligence – g
• Specific Intelligence – s (help ou
do well in one type of test and not
on others)
Binet and Simon
• Set out to identify children who would most likely have difficulty in regular classes
• Mental age – chronological age that matches your level of performance
• Identified French schoolchildren needing special attention
• Binet – IQ Test (mental age/chronological age)
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Document Summary
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