PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Flynn Effect, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Specific Performance
18 May 2017
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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. Deductive reasoning: occurs when a person works from ideas and general information to arrive at specific conclusions: e. g. Every day, i leave for school in my car at 8am. Every day, the drive to school takes 30 minutes and i arrive on time for my first class. Therefore, if i leave for school at 8am today, i will be on time. Inductive reasoning: moving from specific facts and observations to broader generalizations and theo- ries: e. g. Today i left for school at 8am and i ar- rived on time for my first class. Therefore, every day that i leave the house at 8am, i will arrive to school on time for my first class. These two types of reasoning are the heart of the scientific method.
