PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Intelligence Quotient, Lewis Terman, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
26 Apr 2015
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Psych 1x03 module 6 - problem solving and intelligence. Intelligence involves the ability to perform cognitive takes and 1: the capacity to learn from experience and adapt, edwin boring"s definition: intelligence is whatever intelligence tests measure. Problem solving: captures the elements of our operation definition, psychologists are interested in understanding the strategies you use to solve problems to gain insight into human intelligence, two broad strategies used to solve problems, deductive reasoning (decreasing) Occurs when a person works from ideas and general information to arrive at specific conclusions. Leave house at 8am, 30 minutes drive, arrive on time to class, therefore i will be on time if i always leave at 8am. Moving from specific facts and observations broader to generalizations an theories. Today i left at 8am and arrived on time, therefore everyday that i leave at 8am i will be on time for class. Involves creating theories and adapting those theories through experimentation.
