PSYCH 2H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Job Performance, Mental Chronometry, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
30 Mar 2017
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There are narrow domains of expertise: book smarts versus street smarts: book: academic settings, street: common sense. Intelligence: the ability to reason, to plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience. Not the same as book learning or test taking smarts. An ability crucial for catching on, making sense of things, or figuring out what to do. Environmental changes during crucial periods of development (for example, teenage years) Able to apply knowledge to problems at hand. Generalized intelligence: there is one pervasive measure. Factor analysis: looks for common factors and reveals a general intelligence factor (g) 50% of variance in diverse mental ability tests is accounted by g, making it the most established predictor of occupational and educational performance. Group factors that exist besides g: verbal, numerical, spatial. Gf-gc theory of fluid and crystallized intelligence. Fluid intelligence: the ability to deal with new and unusual problems.
