PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Spatial Ability, Metacognition

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: markherbert

Document Summary

Is it a genera ability or several specific abilities: spearman and the g factor, thurstone and primary mental abilities. Basic questions related to an understanding of intelligence: The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations. Whatever attributes enable success in an environment/culture. Tend to include non mental qualities as well body skills, etc. The ability to understand and control one"s mental activities called metacognition: ability to think about one"s own thinking. Those who de well in one cluster also do well on other clusters. General factor, g factor, of intelligence, underlies all distant clusters of mental ability. Believed each cluster is further affected by a specific factor, s factor, which is uniquely tied to that particular area of functioning. Sheldon from the big bang theory is very intelligent yet he doe not understand how to drive a car or how to make a friend.